pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
leader; chief; head; (another person's) head
directions; instructions; orders; command
memory; sense; experience
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
large amount of money; great cost
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
but; however; provided that
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
such; like that; that sort of
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved