helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
beyond that point; after that
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
of course; certainly; naturally
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
rood (measure of land area)
lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing