to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
national border; provincial border
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
clergyman; churchman; clergy
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
compulsory military service
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
imprisonment; incarceration
right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
persevering; very patient
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
to take up residence; to settle in
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
the reason is ...; it is because ...
regular member; full member
newcomer; initiate; rookie
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times