explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution
triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three important requisites
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
stabbing to death; putting out
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
celebration; auspicious occasion
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
separation; divorce; severing of connections
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
seven islands (e.g. of Izu); Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
(water-filled) paddy field
islander; inhabitant of an island
daily food; regular diet; staple food
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
introduction (from outside); import; shipping in (from another part of the country); transporting; putting in (e.g. one's feelings into a work)