murder; killing; murderer
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
reluctance; regret; frugality
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
all sorts of; all kinds of
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
mental charm; moral beauty
influence (on someone); inspiration
silly monk; foolish monk; I; me
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
fortress; stronghold; citadel
large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)
to dump (a load of something); to throw from a height; to throw downwards
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
four corners; four ordinal directions
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
guard; sentinel; garrison
rather; better; instead; if anything
practice; practising; experience
to shine in (light); to illuminate
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with