settlement; immigration; entering a (Japanese) settlement
living necessities; everyday commodities; daily commodities; everyday goods; subsistence goods
influence; clout; leverage
actual profit; practical use; benefit
farmland; rice field or paddy
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to lie down (in bed); to retire (to bed); to become bedridden (with an illness)
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
in a day; in a brief space of time
to fall asleep; to sleep soundly; to become dull; to lose vigour
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
the start of a climb up a hill
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
suppuration; festering; purulence; pyosis; coming to a head; infection
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
taking one's own life; suicide
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to remember; to keep in mind
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
in the morning; during the morning
to be relieved; to feel relieved
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth