secretary; councillor; councilor
insect bite; bug bite; sting
a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
haramaki; bellyband; stomach band; torso armour that opens at the back; haramaki
grey moustache; white beard
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
Nihi (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)
wheat straw; barley straw
authenticity; credibility
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
lawless area; lawless district
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
error of judgment; miscalculation
complete recovery; healing
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up