monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
evil spirit; demon; devil
deep-seated grudge; hatred
young person; youth; young
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
public and private; official and personal; government and people
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
period of youth; while young
weakening; emaciation; decline
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to throw oneself (into an activity)
support; backing; aid; assistance
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
intelligence or information network
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
recovery; rescue; recapture
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt