youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
playhouse; theatre; theater
street at night; making a night journey
foundation stone; cornerstone
important law; fundamental law
penalty; sentence; punishment
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
something wrapped in a furoshiki
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to sentence; to assign a penalty
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
to become dull; to become lifeless; to get bored; to lose interest; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock); to weaken (of the market)
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
laws and regulations; legislation
the shogunate (administration)
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
mangy cur; low animal; beast
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
sea air; sea breeze; ocean and atmosphere; type of yarn-dyed silk goods
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
abuse; misuse; perversion
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
commencing with; including
injured person; wounded person; casualty