how ...!; what ...!; what?; what's that?
measured rate system; cost charged by quantity; pay-as-you-go; pay-for-use
drums sounded in the morning to draw the crowds to a match
fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man
privy seal; imperial seal
area of a piece of land; acreage
sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet
thorn apple; jimsonweed; Datura stramonium
attendance (of the Empress)
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)
caracal (Caracal caracal); African lynx
Hami melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus); Chinese Hami melon; snow melon
to twist; to twirl; to fiddle around with; to play with; to rack one's brains
to put (oneself) forward; to risk (one's life); to volunteer (bravely)
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
rich kid; person who grew up wealthy
to be splendid; to be superb
Defense Intelligence Headquarters
positive plan; constructive policy
official writing system of a country; official script; kana (as opposed to kanji); Japanese syllabary; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture
boss and his henchmen; boss and underlings
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do; (lit.) cannot go
surrounding country; neighboring villages
imperial order; imperial will
channel (of a stream, valley, etc.)
regimental colors; regimental colours