inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
stature; build; height; size; physique
ability; capability; skill
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
discovery; detection; finding
to put one's hand on; to touch
paper; note; document; bill
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
(occurring) in a chain reaction; chain-like; sequential
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)