restraining (someone); restraint
Koishikawa Yojōsho (est. 1722 as a hospital for the indigent)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)
wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard); (arch.) metal sword guard; (arch.) polearm
wandering; jobless; unemployed
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face
capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
the present year; at that time
piling shame on top of shame
(that's) no good, is it?; dislike (on social media, etc.); thumbs-down; downvote
mental illness; emotional disorder
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
situation; developments; outcome
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
way of the sword; swordsmanship
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually