plain; plateau; tableland
Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
dispute; contention; conflict; controversy
magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)
imprisonment; incarceration
foreign route; ocean route
to examine closely; to check up on; to ferret out; to wash carefully
Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30); Genwa era
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
arrest; apprehension; capture
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
death in jail; death in prison
complicity; implication; involvement
Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)
host; landlord; innkeeper
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
several years standing; over several years
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
here and there; everywhere
burning at the stake; burning to death
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.; mountain peak
(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
ready-made clothing; off-the-rack clothing; second-hand clothes; hanging
lax; lenient; lukewarm; slow; sluggish
fetters; shackles; restraints; bond; connection
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
the Japanese syllabary symbols
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
concreteness; embodiment; expressing concretely