state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
single word; a few words; brief comment
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
not necessarily so; is not always true
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
disintegration; self-destruction
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
pretension; conceit; hubris
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
jaws of death; dangerous place; (lit.) tiger's den
boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
(national) isolationism; isolation policy
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
notice; attention; observation
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
infancy; childhood; tender age
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
farmland; rice field or paddy
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on