muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
world; society; people; the public
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
employer's house; master's house
last days; the end; one's fate
that is to say; so that means
living a roaming life; wandering and settling in a foreign land
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
archer's left-wrist protector
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
family name; lineage; birth; clan
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
treatment as a guest; guest
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
be (that) as it may; having said that
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; harbinger; herald; anticipation
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
leader; authority; mainstay
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling