feudal estate; daimiate; fief; feoff; fee
to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs
arrogant; haughty; insolent
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to palm off; to force a sale
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
serious; severe; grave; acute
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
water damage; flood disaster
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
support; backing; aid; assistance
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
for dear life; barely escaping alive
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to shout (in anger); to yell
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to place firmly; to hit very hard
to throw into; to toss into
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
muddy water; red-light district
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)