stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
three persons; three parties
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
torturing to death; tormenting to death
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
great numbers; numerical superiority
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free
inadvertently (letting out a laugh); quickly; all of a sudden; all at once
surname; family name; last name
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
chapter one; first chapter
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to take up one's residence
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
foreign enemy; outside invader
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to