many samurai; many gentlefolk
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
magistrate; shogunate administrator
all; wholly; entirely; without exception
4th day of the month; four days
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
5th day of the month; five days
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
at least; at most; (even) just
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
about when; about what time; how soon
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
messenger; envoy; emissary
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
flesh (esp. of an animal); meat
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse