district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
difference; discrepancy; variation
no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone
oiran; highest-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
detour; circumvention; turning movement
letting (someone) die without helping
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
moment; brief space of time
granted that; even if; even though
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
hostile party; enemy side
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
distress; wretched condition
stability; security; equilibrium
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
another kind; different kind; distinct species
cut; reduction; curtailment
inseparable; indivisible; undetachable
firm; strong; solid; stable
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
correlation; interrelation; intertwining
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline
comprehensive evaluation; over-all judgment; general comment
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
mediocrity; ordinary ability
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over