duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
traveling around getting seal stamps (travelling)
to mix; to stir; to blend
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
else; in addition; besides
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); excellent film; film classic
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
society; the world; the times
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
silence; stillness; quietness
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
government service; entering government service; finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; (arch.) to become exhausted
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to walk around; to travel around
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
gambling den; gambling house
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
sound; tone; note; ring; chirp
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly