to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
outsider; one not included in the favored group; outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
continuation; succession; series; continuous
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
maker; manufacturer; producer; producer (of a film, play, etc.)
remarkably; noticeably; visibly; considerably; perceptibly; appreciably
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
highest institute of education
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
affable; sociable; friendly
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
trivial; not amounting to much
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
distant land; remote location; distant province
looking into distance; watchtower; distant view