family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
word game; wordplay; playing with words
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
wandering; roaming; drifting
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
war; fighting; fierce competition
very great; enormous; serious
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster