Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
outward appearance; apparent
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
true state; actual condition; reality
world; society; people; the public
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
gesture; gesticulation; motion
essence; true nature; substance; reality
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
ramification; branching off
what action to take; what to do with oneself
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to have a good idea; to be able to predict
danger; peril; hazard; risk
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
bet; wager; stake; gamble
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
tourist resort; holiday resort
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school