to continue to rain or snow
upper floor (of a high-rise building)
coffee room (hotel, office building, etc.); tea room
business discussion; negotiation
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
untouched; unused; intact
colouring; coloring; colorant
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
to fight with swords; to cross swords
right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)
rule; reign; government; governing
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
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
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
remark; statement; discourse
striking; remarkable; considerable
break in time; interruption; pause
one's own property; possessions
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition
haori (Japanese formal coat)
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to sustain a serious wound
town girl; girl raised in a town