look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
foreign enemy; outside invader
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
thought; consideration; thinking
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
danger; peril; hazard; risk
general idea; concept; notion
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
to lose one's footing; to slip
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
slope; slanting surface; bevel
to tumble down; to roll down
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
sympathy; compassion; pity
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)