before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
very much; very many; more and more
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
gain; profit; benefit; amplification
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
murder; homicide; manslaughter
work; business; company; study
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
sign out in front; front (for someone)
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
nowadays; in this day and age
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
superficial (knowledge, learning, etc.); shallow
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
1,000,000; one million; million; many
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble