admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
under the ... administration; within the ... government
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
information transfer; information transmission
groundless rumor (rumour)
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
the whole city; all the cities; every city
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
ronin; masterless samurai
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
erotic or pornographic book (Edo period)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
prohibition; ban; suspension
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
by myself; in person; by oneself
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)