district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
administrator; director; commissioner
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
the other day; a few days ago
generous; broad-minded; big-hearted
great commander; famous commander
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
famous sword; excellent sword
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
home area; home town; local
inside one's heart; in one's mind
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to rain incessantly; to downpour
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
polite; respectful; reverent
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
surroundings; environs; circumference
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
on the occasion of; at the time of