finish; completion; the end
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
proper; respectable; decent; honest
governor of a feudal domain (1869-1871)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
dirt mound; dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to leave unfinished; to abandon
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryō system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
a long time ago; in those days
non-commissioned officer; low-ranking samurai (Edo period)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
new government; new administration
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
to knock down; to bring down
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
that's the way it is; such is life
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (incl. ex-convicts and vagrants); non-human
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
exactly; precisely; (arch.) correct; (arch.) right; (arch.) greater (of equal court ranks); (arch.) upper
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
chivalrous spirit; heroic defence of the weak; chivalrous man; ruffian who acts under the pretence of chivalry
clothes for doing farm work or working in fields
memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism)
confused; flustered; at a loss
how can (one) do something
rice miso; miso fermented with malted rice
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest; Mount Fangzhang (said to be inhabited by immortals); Mount Fanghu