action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
sage; wise man; wise person; buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
longstanding desire or goal
imperial order; imperial decree; imperial command
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
Namamugi Incident (August 1862); Kanagawa Incident; Richardson Affair
some time ago; the other day
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
line; queue; procession; matrix
severe wound; serious wound; gash
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on