to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
people; citizens; subjects; folk
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
calamity; disaster; accident
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
one party; one faction; one clique
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
the treasure that is children; child
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
though; notwithstanding; although
decision; determination; resolution
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)