busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
plot; conspiracy; conference
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
business discussion; negotiation
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
preparation; provision; guarding
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
respect (epistolary usage)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
ordinary citizen; the general public
successively; one after another
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
upper part; upper region; region above
descendant; posterity; offspring
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
inner citadel; core; center; centre
place exposed to winds which blow up from below (usu. a beach); beach exposed to sea winds; fountain
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
(short) rest; breather; break
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to pierce through; to break through