observing a performance in a large group
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
horrible; cruel; atrocious
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
(private) house; average person's house
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
rosary; string of prayer beads
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
banknote; bill; note; paper money
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
to starve and freeze to death
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
moderate; proper; just right
attack; drive; advance; invasion
crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
distant; remote; isolated
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
glaring (eyes); piercing; penetrating
negligent; careless; (arch.) easygoing; (arch.) relaxed
sooner or later; in due time; in due course
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
Buddha; high-ranked bodhisattva
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)
defense; defence; fielding
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
castle construction; building a castle; fortification