black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
drinking bout; merrymaking
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
food and drink; eating and drinking
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
one thin flat object; one sheet
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
quick work; (clever) feat
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
lightly; easily; carelessly
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
preparation; arrangements
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
samue; monk's working clothes
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point