gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
how; in what way; how about
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to recall; to remember; to recollect
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
besides; moreover; in addition
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
imprisonment; incarceration
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
prison guard; jailer; gaoler