area under direct control (of the shogun)
agricultural community; farm village; rural
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
one day; (on) a certain day
moving about; stirring about
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
looking on; remaining a spectator
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
cripple; disabled person; invalid
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
forcibly; against one's will
infancy; childhood; tender age
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
array; muster; line-up; full force
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
matter of time; question of time
indictment; prosecution; complaint
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
viewer; (television) audience
society; the world; the times
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown