practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
wearing nothing but an apron; being nude except for an apron
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
armor and helmet (armour)
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
depravity; corruption; degradation
last days; the end; one's fate
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
custom; habit; customary practice
to live through; to survive
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
sentiment; sentimentality
time of death; one's final hour; one's end