returning; coming back; returning to the service of one's master
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
political affairs; all phases of government
lord of a manor; estate steward
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
personal history; background; career
to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser
marine traffic; sea traffic
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
prohibition of a religion; prohibited religion
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
the same place; that place
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
middle of the night; dead of night
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in