Vocabulary

(leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence

(committing, resorting to) an act of violence

violent means

exterminatory measure; eradication campaign

fickle friendship

realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered

being up to the person himself

possessing worldly desires and passions

free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling; totally uninhibited

ordinary and ignorant; mediocre and stupid

recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)

things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes

brave and stalwart man

deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed

highly delighted; very pleased; deeply satisfied; brimming over with satisfaction

eternity; through all eternity; for evermore; for many generations to come

the whole house (assembly, audience) being in uproar

ruse; trick; deception tactics

man of perennial youth; man who never loses his youthful vigor

all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see

all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see

primitive and barbarous; uncivilized and barbaric

arched eyebrows

turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial

status consciousness; perception of one's social status

false personation; misrepresentation of one's social position

appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status

(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)

right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)

regret and sympathy; having lingering attachment and sympathy toward someone

useless and harmful

illiterate and ignorant; uneducated and lacking in wisdom and discernment

illiterate and ignorant

pure and innocent; immaculate

talentless and incompetent; incompetent and unaccomplished

transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent

do-nothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation

everlastingness; eternity

colorless and transparent

being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts