unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
abdominal external oblique muscle
(beriberi-caused) heart failure
letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing
exclusion; retraction; displacement
medical diet; diet therapy; medical nutrition therapy
to be perturbed; to be agitated
momentous; exigent; urgent; important; vital
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
Sakuma Shouzan (1811-1864)
packing; non-metallic seal; washer; gasket
hemorrhagic; haemorrhagic
side dish; supplementary food
Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
worry; agony; vexation; illness; sickness
great scholar; savant; polymath
drill (esp. military); training
subordinate shrine; professional entertainer
exemplar; model; example; pattern
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
karintō (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)
tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps
acquittal; pardon; papal indulgence