young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
thunderous roar; roaring sound
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close
what kind of business; what sort of matter
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
shout (of excitement); roar (of a crowd)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to scuttle off; to take flight
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)