founder; originator; pioneer
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
(idle) ease; idleness; leisureliness
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
cannot be helped; unavoidable
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
accession to the throne; enthronement
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
terrain; geographical features; topography
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
military law; martial law; tactics; strategy
decapitation; decapitated head
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)
convention; tired tradition; old custom