blackish; darkish; dark; dusky
twice; again; second time
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
handrail; railing; banister
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
large number (of); many; majority
dark; not understood; unknown
heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
land route; overland route; by land; overland
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
(late Edo-period) idea of uniting the court and the shogunate
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
education; training; discipline
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)