stirring; slight movement
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
chapter one; first chapter
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
war; fighting; fierce competition
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
time; season; period; phase; stage
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
festival; feast; carnival
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
contest of strength; trial of strength
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
because of; owing to; due to
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
foster sibling; foster brother; foster sister
bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)
national border; provincial border
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
family; members of a family