riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
manners; courtesy; etiquette
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
great difference; big difference; wide margin
command; lead; generalship; leadership
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
many samurai; many gentlefolk
supreme command; direction over all
second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to congratulate; to celebrate
national holiday; festival day
revival; restoration; resuscitation
singing and (string) music
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly
important place; strategic point; critical location
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)