perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
checked up; inspection completed
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1868-1946)
completeness; perfection; consummation
eyes slanting downward; decline
without considering the consequences; recklessly; imprudently; going overboard
horned; horn-shaped; hornlike; corneous; corniculate
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
to mistake (A for B); to misread
to pull wires; to pull strings
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
your health and prosperity
female cook; kitchenmaid; (arch.) woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses
as is usual with; in common with
to have fortune come your way; to become lucky
for better or worse; for good or for evil
to speak one's mind; to speak very frankly
person of virtue; great person; giant; adult; exalted person
visiting one's constituency; (arch.) feudal lord's return to his estate
(commander, visiting dignitary) going on board (warship, plane)
to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
concern; sympathy; solicitude; nature; disposition; temperament
just past noon; afternoon
relieving oneself; going to the toilet; finishing one's business
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
precipice; steep (e.g. mountain pass)