district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
priest soldier; warrior monk
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
irresistible; unstoppable; indomitable; breaking bamboo
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)