posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
limbs; arms and legs; body
great success; happy result; good result
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
ten (long cylindrical things)
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
each place; various places
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
shallow bowl for displaying flowers, bonsai, etc.
official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to be busy at work; to work diligently
while; during (the time when)
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
government; administration
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
new government; new administration
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
misgovernment; misrule; bad government