to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
with these words; while saying
great hurry; great haste; rush
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
naivete; simplicity; innocence
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
land route; overland route; by land; overland
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
identification papers; ID