ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
entanglement; clinging affection; involvement
troublesome; annoying; complicated
of long standing; long-pending; long-cherished; for years (past); over a period of years; for a long time
to get a salary (from); to receive a stipend (from); to be on the payroll (of)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
one's attitude (toward); one's position; support or opposition; state of affairs; situation; developments
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
with a bang (of a gun); with a boom (of artillery); with a thud; with a thump
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
luan (mythical Chinese bird)
to step back; to walk backwards
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second
(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)