faulty maintenance; poor maintenance; inadequate maintenance
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
secret story; unknown episode
working adult; full-fledged member of society
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
two times; twice; two degrees