yellowtail caught during the cold season; cold yellowtail
legal means; legal methods; legal measures
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
strongest ever; most powerful in history
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry