disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
large number of deaths; massive fatalities
society; public; community; social studies
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis)
groin; groin region; inguinal region
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
deadly disease; sickness unto death
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
rather; better; instead; if anything
not yet known; unknown; strange
venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection; sexually transmitted disease; VD; STI; STD
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
several times; a few times
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
100,000; hundred thousand
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
children's song; nursery rhyme
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
meaning; connotation; denotation