salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to cause a person trouble
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to give directions; to issue instructions
rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
honor; honour; credit; prestige
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
just because; even if; even though
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers
harm; injury; evil (influence)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
human kindness; human weakness