house for rent; rented house; renting a house
clearing one's throat; cough
meeting; greeting; welcome
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
(sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible
maneuvers; manoeuvers; machinations; scheming
help; assistance; service
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
place; room; margin; scope
in person; personally; directly
unique; peculiar; singular
occupational ability; function; role
to start working; to take action
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
congratulation; celebration
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
secrecy; highly classified information
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
addition; annexation; appendage
personal affairs; internal affairs
subtext; implication; connotation; implicit meaning; between the lines
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
robbery; robbery case; burglary