white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
insight; power of observation
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
commandant; commanding officer; general
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
Japanese person; Japanese people
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute