Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; nature (of something); character; kind
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
seventh day of the month; seven days
with each person; with everyone
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin