forwarding agency; express company
leaving for the capital; going to the capital; leaving the capital
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
directly; in person; firsthand
village headman; village mayor
otherwise; or else; if not
righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration
party; set; gang; company; person
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
equality for the four classes (early Meiji-period slogan)
statute; law; act; ordinance; regulation
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
haori (Japanese formal coat)
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done