drill (esp. military); training
catching fire (from next door); spreading fire
falx cerebri; cerebral falx
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
stage career; acting career
studying abroad at government expense
eloquence; cleverness in speaking
Ogino method (of birth control); rhythm method
whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture)
pulmonary embolism; pulmonary thromboembolism
street violence against middle-aged men
abdominal external oblique muscle
benign tumor; benign tumour
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap
cerebral edema; cerebral oedema
Nakaoka Shintarou (1838.5.6-1867.12.12)
letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing
exclusion; retraction; displacement
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
feast for one's eyes; sight as pleasing as the New Year
(arch.) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); a short time
restraining (someone); restraint
(Catholic) church; cathedral
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
center of a noh stage; Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)
village lacking a doctor; doctorless village
pineal; pineal body; pineal gland
purification; cleaning up; purging
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
something that will help develop one's artistic skill
closely-packed series of lectures; intensive course