chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
apparently; appears to be
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
training room (hall); gymnasium
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
I Doubt It (card game); Cheat; Bullshit; I doubt that; no way; you're fibbing
long ago; already; a long time ago
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
large crowd; mass of people
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
hakama; man's formal divided skirt