trackless; reckless; dissipated
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
next (day, morning, etc.); following
spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
menstruation; period; time of the month
to degenerate; to lapse into
downward glance; contemptuous look
matchless; peerless; unequaled; unequalled; unparalleled; unrivaled
ruin; depravity; corruption
affidavit; deposition; testimony
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy
affidavit; deposition; testimony
illicit love affair; liaison; fornication; adultery
water breaking (during pregnancy)
Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
to be dumbfounded; to be taken aback; to be rattled
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
thin rice gruel; rice water
to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
local woman treated as a spouse by an already-married foreigner
pseudocyesis; false pregnancy; spurious pregnancy; pseudopregnancy
undernutrition; undernourishment; malnutrition; poor nutrition
free medical treatment; gratuitous treatment
low; vulgar; base; ignoble; mean; selfish
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps