Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
emperor (of Japan); mikado
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
(police) detective; criminal matter
not limited to; not just ...
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to assemble; to set up; to construct
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
descendant; posterity; offspring
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
chief; main; principal; important
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to follow another's example
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
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
application; request; petition
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
being too late; losing one's final chance
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
normalcy; normality; normal
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!