abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)
safety division; security division; public peace department
evening; dusk; evening scene; evening landscape; light of the setting sun
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
charitable person; philanthropist; volunteer; supporter
emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
substation; branch office
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
monotonous; humdrum; stereotyped; banal; dull
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit