cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
what kind of business; what sort of matter
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to scuttle off; to take flight
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks
left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
terrible pain; terrible hardship; terrible suffering
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
snow boots; yuki-gutsu; traditional Japanese snow boots made of straw
to be injured; to sustain a wound