essential; important; crucial; vital; main
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
agricultural community; farm village; rural
natural; intrinsic; from birth
drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity
weakening; emaciation; decline
sidelocks; hair at the temples
infant; baby; little child
rice reaping; rice harvesting
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
mistress; lover; prostitute
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
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
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
pitching ability; counter for pitches
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
sutra; Buddhist scriptures