ordinary; common; mediocre
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
dozens; scores of; decades
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
speckles; spotted pattern
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
silence (not speaking); muteness
never; by no means; not in the least; why; what for
royal capital; imperial capital
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
open; public; official; overt
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
tacit; unspoken; implicit
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
death (and entering the hereafter)
explosion; rupture; break off
suddenly; all of a sudden
Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to apologize; to apologise
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)