effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
one end; an end; part; fragment
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
cannot be helped; unavoidable
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
not yet known; unknown; strange
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
prejudice; bias; distorted view
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
medical world; medical circles; medical community
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
order; command; directions; instructions
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
family; members of a family
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
profitable plan; good plan
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest