lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
prayer (for something); supplication
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to peddle (goods); to hawk
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
control; check; restraint; inhibition
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam
decisive; resolute; drastic
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
in order; in turn; one by one
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
hills and fields; hill and dale
to take (be in) charge of
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
east, west, south and north
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend