compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist
looking on; remaining a spectator
personal; private; oneself
minuteness; one millionth
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
employer's house; master's house
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to set (sun); to become dark
street at night; making a night journey
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to arrive home; to return
on the way back; returning
acquaintance; appreciative friend
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
distant place; remote point
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact