to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to shake one's head (in denial)
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
longed-for; anxiously awaited
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
absence; disregard; indifference
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
the deceased; the departed
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
soft flesh (esp. in a sexual context)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
daily food; regular diet; staple food
one day; (on) a certain day
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
wise saying; famous saying
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
stoned; shedded; smashed; tanked
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness