genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent
improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
disgust; dislike; loathing; abhorrence; hatred
to stop; to prohibit; to forbid someone to do something
office and rank; an official rank
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
worthlessness; uselessness; hopelessness
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
Lights are usually followed by shadows
personal considerations; private circumstances; sincerity; genuineness; actual state of affairs; unvarnished circumstances
being imprisoned; being sent to prison
finding employment; getting a job
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
to squeeze out; to wring out
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
instruments of punishment
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
ishidaki; form of Edo-period torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap
place of execution; execution site
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
(level of) comfort (in the place one lives)
being disliked by everyone