to divide into groups or classes
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
soggy; soaking; drenched; incessantly (complaining)
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe
to have one's ability acknowledged by others; to be appreciated for one's skill
division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)
to get a crick in one's neck (while sleeping)
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
starting; engaging; expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go); barb
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
to be burned out (of one's home)
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
polish; grinding; sharpening
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
bad boy; naughty child; brat
main theater of war; principal battlefield