national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
besides; in addition; also; moreover
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
collapsing load (as on lorries, trucks)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
noisy; confused; uproarious
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
boathouse; ship's hold; hatch
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
wearing one's hair in braids
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
freckles; buckwheat chaff
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me