How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
recuperation; medical treatment
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
(talking in a) half-joking manner
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to be impolite; to be discourteous
messenger; envoy; emissary
allegiance; obedience; submission
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
news of someone's death; obituary
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
to come to an end; to close the curtain
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
large tree; big tree; huge tree
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
in name only; titular; nominal
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
murder; homicide; manslaughter
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to intervene; to stop (something)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
watchful waiting; careful supervision
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
predicament; one's ground; one's position