meeting; greeting; welcome
ideally; if one were to wish for more
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
joints; points (of a speech)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
middle of the night; dead of night
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
breaking off; snapping off
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
with glugging (e.g. of liquid being poured, running down)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
slight; insignificant; small
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
but; however; even though; even if
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to be frank; to drop all pretense
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; medium; channeler
correction; revision; amendment
celestial fox; fox with supernatural powers (sometimes said to live in the heavens)
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown