Vocabulary

magistrate's office (Edo period)

hunting down of defeated soldiers (to kill and loot them)

undercover police; undercover cop

cardiac region (of the stomach)

construction site; work site

stepping (on); trampling (on)

Kantō patrol inspector; Kantō regional inspector; law-enforcement post established by the Edo shogunate, tasked with policing the Kantō region

Kantō patrol inspector; Kantō regional inspector

continuous stay away from home; staying on without returning

watery rice gruel

five defilements; five corruptions; five impurities

look-up table; LUT

castle construction with high earthen ramparts

moment of anguish; fleeting suffering

front-page article; top story; lead

experiencing heat (e.g. in a sauna)

warming room

Platycarya strobilacea (deciduous tree)

good-for-nothing; deadweight; parasite; waste of space

parrot's-feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum); parrot feather watermilfoil

shaggy soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata); Peruvian daisy

vehicle paying tolls via ETC (electronic toll collection system)

doctor who curries favor with patients instead of practicing skilled medicine; quack doctor who flatters his patients; incompetent, flattering physician

measles

small mouse; small rat

darkness of the night; black of night; dead of night

dedicatory match; ceremonial match

exiled person; banished person

uncle

paying rice as tax

tax levied on mountain or forest ownership (Edo-period)

emperor's handwriting; imperial autograph

Xi Ou (a branch of the Baiyue that inhabited present-day Guangxi)

kidnapping for profit; abduction for financial gain

milk delivery

popular star; public favorite; popular celebrity

super tropical night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 30 degrees C

acquihire; acqui-hire

mausoleum

warrior; combatant; soldier