offering; presentation; donation
under custody; under supervision; undecided match; draw; tie
and (also); both ... and; as well as
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
release; liberation; acquittal
police; police officer; police station
becoming a lordless samurai
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
mountains and hills; imperial tomb
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
acrobatics; risky undertaking
fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
normal practice; proper practice
common; in the usual course
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
standing tree; standing timber
clicking; clopping; clacking
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
small tengu; promising young martial arts practitioner