to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to decide; to determine; to judge
to say; to be pleased to say
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
when it becomes; when it comes to
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
nothing but; none other than
naturally; of course; understandably
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
but; however; even though; even if
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
slack season for farmers; leisure season for farmers
posterity; future life; life to come
separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)
system; institution; organization; organisation
standing; reserve; always having ready
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
fields (of rice and other crops)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate