withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
price; cost; value; worth; value
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
place to die; place of death
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to gather; to collect; to assemble
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
to become settled; to be fixed
knowing; (an) acquaintance
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
having gone too far to turn back
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)