raft; forearm guard (made of thin metal plates); skewered baby-eel kabayaki
going downstream (in a boat)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
imp; elf; pixie; goblin; devilkin
kind; sort; species; species
jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata)
each (every) time; whenever
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received; closed won
outside the city; suburbs
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to push aside; to push one's way through
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
forevermore; for eternity
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
branch shrine; corporate spin-off; split-off business
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
ordinary citizen; the general public
going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
ritual; religious service; festival
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
young person; youth; young