offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
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
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
samurai; warrior; military family
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
reigning; controlling; dictating
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
on the sea; surface of the sea
to blow through; to blow across
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
ferry landing; point of departure or arrival for ferries
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
New Year's Week (festivities)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
eighth day of the month; eight days
Quanzhou (China); Chinchew
unprecedented; never seen before
to take up residence; to settle in
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
as far as the eye can see
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...