sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
since then; from that time; ever since
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
traditional Japanese travel outfit; travel kit
knitting; knitted material; crochet
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
sword skills; swordsmanship
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to wear a sword at one's side
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
wild beast; wild animal; brute
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
unique; peculiar; singular
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
town girl; girl raised in a town
gal (unit of gravitational acceleration)
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn