stripping (of clothes, office, etc.); deprivation
government service; government employ
(written) judgement or verdict (judgment)
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
supply; provision; raising; procurement
man's weeping (esp. someone not prone to tears)
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
unusually; uncharacteristically
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
leader of a delegation (body, party)
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
retirement; resignation; stepping down
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
intention; plan; purpose; belief; assumption; thought
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
most difficult; next to impossible
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
weak constitution; ill health
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
that goes without saying but also ...; not only that but ...
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
hometown; rural districts
iron mask (worn by samurai)
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison