to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
completion of construction
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
almost; roughly; approximately
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
here and there; around and about
each place; various places
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to divide (by); to remove; to exclude
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
party; set; gang; company; person
thousands; several thousand
main; principal; chief; primary; major
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
spreading; infesting; running rampant
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly