sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
papermaking; paper manufacture
form; method; system; formula
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
development; exploitation
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
the big two...; two major...; two main...
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
influential person; man of importance
to send for (doctor, etc.)
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
two years later; year after next
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
music; old Japanese court music; gagaku
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
one's real father; natural father; biological father
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
travellers' inn; stage inn
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match