germination; sprouting; budding
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
Western-inspired art (Edo period); oil painting
to enter into diplomatic relations
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
spiritual; religious song; spiritual
longing; great desire; aspiration
composition; constitution
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
compensating; making up for; supplementation
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
proud; having a prominent nose
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
extensive knowledge; erudition
to claim victims; to leave casualties
origin; source; beginning; starting point
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
to prostrate oneself before
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask