about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
particularly; only; in the case of
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
be (that) as it may; having said that
at least; at most; (even) just
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
of great promise; with a promising future
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
study tour; guided visit; field trip
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point