to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
government; administration; ministry
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
large, broad-shouldered physique (esp. that of a middle-aged man); big build
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
village headman; village mayor
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to pay attention; to be watchful
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod