to cure an illness; to cure a disease
sampling food; tasting; trying
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
directly; in person; firsthand
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
to approach the year end; to be jammed tight
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
mid-Edo period Imari ware
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical
water's edge; beach; shore
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
rolling (ship, etc.); rolling (start, plan, etc.); illegal street racing
pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
rejuvenation; restoration of youth
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
to be fast at walking and running; to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs)
decrepitude; senescence; superannuation