stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
to lie deep in; to extend far back
step in a Japanese entranceway
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
system; institution; organization; organisation
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
rule; government; administration
advantages and disadvantages; plus and minuses
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
magistrate; shogunate administrator
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
lock; padlock; tablet; pill
assistant inspector (Edo period); junior metsuke
inner citadel; core; center; centre
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
rustling sound; rummaging sound
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
in a daze; absent-mindedly; vacantly; dimly; hazily; faintly
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
usual practice; custom; common usage