arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
clapper; noisemaker; bird rattle; naruko; wooden clapper (held in both hands and shaken)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
magnetization; magnetisation
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
very truly yours; very respectfully yours
samurai; person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
that kind; competition; match
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
hardship; suffering; privation; adversity
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
24th day of the month; 24 days
river; stream; River; the ... river
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
in the city; within the city
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally