precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
retort; back talk; backchat
Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document
control; management (e.g. of a business)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
notation; orthography; writing system; representation
difference; variation; difference
but; however; provided that
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
in deep black; in jet black
falling over; toppling sideways
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
quite; utterly; really; completely
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die