cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
in case of; at that time; at this time
banker; bank proprietor; bank manager
the people; citizens; the populace
power; authority; jurisdiction
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
being filled with; being full of; permeation
underhand character; thievish nature
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
face; looks; vestiges; trace
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
coating (esp. lacquering)
chief; main; principal; important
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
ability; capability; skill
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to snatch from; to steal from
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
lacking talent or ability
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
government service; official position; civil service
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
education; training; discipline
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)