thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
village; hamlet; settlement
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
mutual aid; cooperation; benefit
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
cold reception; inhospitality
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
neighbourhood dispute (neighborhood); neighbourhood quarrel; grievance with one's neighbour
essence; true nature; substance; reality
progress; advance; improvement; development
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to attack; to assault; to assail
out-boxing; hit-and-run; striking and running away
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
main cause; primary factor
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
mountain road; mountain trail
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
to devour; to bite to death
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
to have an uneasy conscience
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures