town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
anxiety (about the future)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
steep (terrain); precipitous; precipice; steep place
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
entire world; whole world; world stage
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
condition; situation; prospects
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
by sheer strength; by brute force
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing