to straighten up; to sit upright
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to head home; to leave for home
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
clearly; distinctly; vividly
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
power; authority; influence
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
jumping about; rampancy; domination
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
whole day and night; 24 hours
in the mountains; among the mountains
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
brilliant; bright; dazzling
the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
to satisfy one's appetite
remnants of a defeated army
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
just past noon; afternoon
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression