to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
at once; there and then; immediately
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
business trip; official trip
residence; mansion; estate; dwelling
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
chief; main; principal; major
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
collection (gathering) and distribution
scene; spectacle; sight; view
every place; various places
common reed (Phragmites australis)