with a start; with a jump
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
beyond that point; after that
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to step firmly; to harden by treading
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
best regards; please take care of; please do
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to throw open; to leave open
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
those (near the second person)
silent; quiet; solemn; softly; quietly; solemnly
quiet; still; surreptitious
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
military personnel; soldier
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
injured person; wounded person; casualty
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to be hot on a person's heels
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople