stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
the other day; a few days ago
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
be (that) as it may; having said that
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to do for (the sake of someone else)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to die; to lay down life's burden
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
(right at the) side; just beside
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake