unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
abdominal external oblique muscle
letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing
exclusion; retraction; displacement
to be perturbed; to be agitated
momentous; exigent; urgent; important; vital
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
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
worry; agony; vexation; illness; sickness
great scholar; savant; polymath
subordinate shrine; professional entertainer
exemplar; model; example; pattern
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps
acquittal; pardon; papal indulgence
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
Hold up!; Hands up!; to hold up
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family