that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
leggings (stretchy skin-tight trousers); spats (footwear accessory); gaiters
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
concealment; suppression; hiding
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
good feeling; feeling good
virtue; charm; merit; good point
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
future; possible; potential; prospective
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
opening fully; full throttle; full power
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
to bring back; to restore