Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
oversight; omission; mistake
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
neglect; negligence; disregard; making light of
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
here and there; in places
participation in government
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
in accordance with; according to
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
(not) a single person; (no) one
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
messenger; envoy; emissary
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all