to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
construction vehicle (bulldozer, backhoe, loader, etc.)
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
the place for; the time for; the level of
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
directions; instructions; orders; command
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
mask; disguise; guise; mask
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
personal feelings; self-interest
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
letting (someone) die without helping
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
outsider; one not included in the favored group; outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo
outward appearance; looks
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours