about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
(short) rest; breather; break
same crime; being equally guilty
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
no!; no no!; no, not at all
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to check; to stop; to keep back
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku; assistant; helper
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off