light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
lack of innovation; stupidity
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
training; education; development; cultivation
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
stationing (troops); occupancy
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
by today; before the day is over
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
to trample flat; to beat a path
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
with a friendly grin; smilingly
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
cannot be compared with; no match for
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root