young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to sustain a serious wound
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
volunteer activities; volunteerism
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
earth dug out of a construction site
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
national expenditure; government spending; public funds
land readjustment; town planning
elevated (structure); overhead
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
electrical equipment; electrical machinery; electrical appliances
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
degenerate; pervert; deviant
to open up a lead (over one's opponent)
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
terse; concise; simple and clear
to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
love of learning; desire for learning; passion for knowledge
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect