to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to grow; to develop; to grow up
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
genius; prodigy; talented person
very; much; greatly; a lot of
information; experience; knowledge; observation
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
secret; hidden; unseen; inward
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)