proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
prohibition; ban; embargo
surely (not); certainly (not)
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
devotion; attachment; infatuation
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
to make use of; to lend money
wearing (an insignia, sword, etc.)
newly forged sword; sword made after the year 1615
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
to become famous; to make a name for oneself
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
to bring up under one's personal care
divorce; dissolution of adoption
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
desolate field; withered field
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
himself; yourself; herself
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
warp; curvature; curve; arch
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
one's possessions; ownership
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to snatch from; to steal from
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
disorder; disturbance; unrest