exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
restoration; revival; resurgence
consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry
wickedness; evil; wicked person
house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
informal consent; private consent
colonization; colonisation
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
interest; rights; concession
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
joint management; pool; gamopetalous; sympetalous
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
epistolary style (of Japanese literature)
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
swimming; bathing; getting on in the world
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
Matsumoto Ryoujun (1832.7.13-1907.3.12)
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
head of family; originator
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
decline; one's declining fortunes; decay