during the night; at night
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
to send word (to); to write (to)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
high steward; grand master
middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
here; in this way; as you can see (usu. in business correspondence)
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
in the city; in the community
being in one's hometown; countryside; the country; rural districts
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
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
dozens; scores of; decades
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
the same night; that night
the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to fire (a gun, arrow, etc.)
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch.) the country; (arch.) countryside
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
honorific affix; honorific prefix
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
this; our; right; justice; checking account
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to do; to perform; to carry out; (arch.) to serve; (arch.) to wait upon; (arch.) to attend
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell