defeat; loss; reverse; setback
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
tide; current; tendency; trend
firmly rooted; deep-seated
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to turn towards; to point
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
standing; reserve; always having ready
direct control; direct supervision
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
one day; (on) a certain day
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
proceeding to the capital
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
officers and soldiers; soldiers
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
war; battle; match; game; competition
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
curious or extraordinary story or piece of news
to be hanged; to be struck dead; to eat one's hat