father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
detective agency; enquiry agency
Hansen's disease; leprosy
generation; lifetime; age
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
beautiful woman; pretty girl
Hansen's disease; leprosy
infectious disease; infection
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
superstition; superstitious belief
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human
innocent; blameless; guiltless
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
inheritable character; inheritable; hereditary; inherited
disease; ailment; illness
infertility; sterility; barrenness
sterilization; sterilisation; castration
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
eugenic sterilization; eugenic sterilisation
lesion; pathological change
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
the socially vulnerable; the weak of society; socially disadvantaged people
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to stick it out (until the end)