quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
January; first month of the lunar calendar
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
running in; rushing into; last-minute rush
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
to be fated to; be linked by fate
leader; authority; mainstay
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
chief vassal; senior statesman
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
behind; in the rear; in back
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
hectic; topsy-turvy; chaotic