conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
finish; finishing; finishing touches
advance; moving forward; progress
end; extremity (of a village)
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
shaman (Okinawa, Amami); medium; exorcist
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
beautification; glorification
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
dock; thorough physical examination
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
coastal waters; adjacent seas
shoal; wide shallow beach
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
famous book; masterpiece (literary work)
speed of a boat; draft; draught
steamship; steamboat; steamer
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
(being separated only by a) narrow strip of water; narrow strait (channel, river)