castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
to show; to bare (the teeth)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
process; course; mechanism
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
atrocity; (arch.) treason
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
respect and affection; love and respect
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
one part; one portion; one section
embodiment; realization; materialization
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone