thin strips of raw fish and squid
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life); difficult; troubled
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
to become decrepit; to become senile
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
a little bit; a little while
what is called; what they call; so-called
government forces; government troops
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
family or person with samurai ancestors
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
new government; new administration
modernization; modernisation
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
a little bit; a little while
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently