part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
shopping; purchased goods
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
all; entire; whole; altogether
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to pick up; to find; to gather
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
decapitation; decapitated head
Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
dry riverbed; river beach
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
even though; despite; when
go that far; to that extent
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
consequence; outcome; result; blame
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
by means of; due to; because of; according to
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy