passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
land near a castle; castle town
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
front shrine; hall of worship
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
glad countenance; joyful look
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger
and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)