small number; few; minority
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
with a clatter; clatteringly
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
military forces; hosts; troops
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
safety; welfare; well-being
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
situated deep in the mountains
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon
messenger; envoy; emissary
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to take charge during someone's absence
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
to state; to express; to mention
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace