third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
house in an alley; rear tenement
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
justifiable; warranted; reasonable
mature woman; middle-aged woman
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
either way; in any case; one way or another
major dealer; wealthy merchant
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
vacant house; unoccupied house
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to stand all around (e.g. bamboo, pines, pampas grass)
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
in pieces; in scraps; fragmentary (e.g. knowledge); scrappy; insignificant; unimportant
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
black spot; dark spot; sunspot
to overflow from something full
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
evening; last night; yesterday evening
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
clever scheme; outlandish plan; unusual plan
running away; escaping on foot
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)