to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
inferior to; suffering by comparison with; unable to compare with
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
grudge; complaint; reproach
saying something many times
to remember; to keep in mind
(not) even once; (not) ever
from the beginning; from scratch
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to yearn for; to be in love with
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to find out; to discover; to locate
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
troublesome; annoying; complicated
no matter what it is; in every case
evil spirit; demon; devil
to cross the line; to go too far
being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)