inner moat; moat within the castle walls
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
magistrate; shogunate administrator
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to gather; to collect; to assemble
many items; pressure of business
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
large furoshiki; big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
private secretary; amanuensis
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint