Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
line; queue; procession; matrix
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
what is called; what they call; so-called
Namamugi Incident (August 1862); Kanagawa Incident; Richardson Affair
at that time; in those days
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
this occasion; at this time; now
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden