monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
stone (used for throwing)
staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
feudal decree; edict by a daimyo
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
scatterbrain; absent-minded person; careless person; rash person; hasty person
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
official notice; notification
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
(another's respected) father
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
I don't like it; I hate it
poor or lowly masterless samurai
prohibition; ban; suspension
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook
religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging; going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
svāhā; well said; so be it
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
black kite (Milvus migrans); Inverness cape; filcher; sneak thief
what is called; what they call; so-called
invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure