tottering steps; drunken staggering
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
fast walking; semi-jogging
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
three; three years of age
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
murder of one's own lord or father
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
hostility; antagonism; opposition
avoiding or dodging responsibility
same crime; being equally guilty
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to