Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
and then; and so; and; so then
to leave of one's own accord
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
to set on fire; to ignite
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
to pass (of time); to elapse
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky