route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
inn town; post town; post-station town
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
to gain fame; to make one's name
race (of people); type of person
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
healthy; sound; wholesome
Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan
advocate; proponent; supporter
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
hot topic; talk of the town
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
supernatural power; divine power; magical power
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
sympathy; compassion; pity
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
expression of appreciation (for someone's efforts); thanks
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
convenient; handy; useful
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)