stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
Imperial car (automobile, railway car, etc.)
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
full of troubles, difficulties
subject; national; citizen
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence; far-fetched argument; arguing against all reason
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
curious; strange; unusual
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to call each other; to call out to one another
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
modernization; modernisation
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
people; citizens; subjects; folk
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)