imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
if you think about it; come to think of it
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
person of doubtful origin
to look upwards; to look up
shopworn goods; dead stock; shelf warmer; being left unresolved for a long time (e.g. a problem); being shelved
bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
simmering; (boiling) gently
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
sound of a heavy object falling
self-interest; selfish desire
an act done for one's own benefit
vice; immorality; corruption
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
to forget completely; to leave behind
(legacy of an) administration
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
party-internal; within the party
internal discord; domestic discord
on the occasion of; at the time of
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge