trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
other side; opposite side; other party
feelings; thoughts; meaning
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
to push aside; to push one's way through
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
than; other than; except; but
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
(not so) much; (not) very
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
at the same time; at a time; at one time; simultaneously
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender