this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
light brown; golden brown; tan
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
hair dyed brown; brown-dyed hair
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
samue; monk's working clothes
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
equality; impartiality; evenness
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
isolation; being alone; being friendless
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to be impolite; to be discourteous
to feel deeply ashamed (of)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much
port city; harbor city; harbour city
one bow; one salute; one greeting
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something