shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits
boar meat hot pot; boar stew
Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
rustic samurai; boorish samurai
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
in and about a kitchen; family circumstances
proficient; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
knowledge applied to evil purposes
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...
short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole
exemplar; model; example; pattern
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)