expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
every place; various places
setting on fire; setting afire
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
proposal; motion; recommendation
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
fringe; rim; periphery; borders; outskirts
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
birth; creation; formation
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
whole nation; whole land; whole country
as; because; with; due to
peerage and order of merit
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
generation; lifetime; age