until now; so far; up to the present
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
long; drawn-out; very long
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
to send or direct a person to
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
fort; stronghold; fortification
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to settle (in a place); to settle down
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
scandal; deplorable event
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
reward; honorarium; remuneration
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
cash bonus; reward; bounty
reality; actuality; hard fact
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
reward money; reward; honorarium
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
that is to say; so that means
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful