to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
royal castle; imperial castle
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
3rd day of the month; three days
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
logic; reasoning; argument
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
accounting; administration (of money)
specialization; specialisation
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
huge rock; firmness; solidity
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
that day; the very same day
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
you could say that; that might be so
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
trembling with excitement
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
to claim victims; to cause casualties
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of