poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
fencing; art of wielding swords
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
Ittō-ryū; school of swordsmanship founded during the early Edo period, from which many later schools branched
your body; your health; yourself; you
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
clearly; distinctly; vividly
personage; person (deserving of respect)
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
care; precaution; guarding; caution
aspect; appearance; physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
minority group (party); minority
secretly having a dark past; having a guilty conscience
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
ruining a country; ruined country
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
chink in the armor (armour)
historical play; period drama
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on