younger brother of an Emperor
infant; baby; little child
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (arch.) going on foot; (arch.) walking
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
third watch of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)
intuition; instinct; hunch
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
dry riverbed; river beach
sudden shower; sudden downpour
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
starvation; famine; hunger
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
at the mercy of (e.g. the waves); with (e.g. the wind)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to become better; to improve
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
fast asleep; dead to the world
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
anyone; any person; whoever
scattered; separated; dispersed
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
set; company; companions; fellows
yours sincerely; respectfully yours