thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
care; precaution; guarding; caution
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
how many people; a number of people
professional killer; hit man
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to order; to command; to appoint
village headman; village mayor
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to perceive; to understand
fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income