work; business; company; study
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
steamship; steamboat; steamer
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
immigration check; immigration inspection
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
greater than ...; bigger ...
having gone too far to turn back
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
(United States of) America; USA
(water-filled) paddy field
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryō period)
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
captain (of a Japanese-style boat); skipper; boatman; oarsman; head of a fishing crew; fishing master
elliptical shape; oval shape
feudal lords; barons; princes
powerful family; powerful clan
head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
(arch.) Japan; the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
shogun's demesne; area under direct control of the shogun; imperial lands; area under direct control of the Emperor
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
facing; opposite; across the street; other side