village headman; village mayor
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
to go to; to visit; to call on
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
indictment; prosecution; complaint
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
kindness; intimacy; friendship
a step; short distance; short time
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
burning at the stake; execution by burning
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
systematic; organized; organizational
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
whatever the case; under any circumstances
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
talk; conversation; dialogue
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
clergyman; churchman; clergy
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to support each other; to support one another
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men