to slap; to strike; to spank
to help a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
surveyor; surveying engineer
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
first generation; founder
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
to be erected; to be built
number of households (houses)
possession (esp. of a territory)
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
pre-war days; before the war
deserted village; poor village
training school or institute
sooner or later; in time; eventually
wealthy individual; person of wealth
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much