Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
thousands; several thousand
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
river; stream; River; the ... river
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to force one's way through
most difficult; next to impossible
deed; act; work; performance
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe