foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
person with a bounty on their head
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to palm off; to force a sale
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
race (of people); type of person
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
order of chivalry; chivalric order
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
wherein; therein; thereinto
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to face; to go towards; to head towards
for the first time in one's life
in one's own way or style
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
beyond imagination; unimaginable