marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)
landing; alighting; touch down
presumption; assumption; estimation
unregistered; non-registered
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
the same; the said; likewise
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
like this; this sort; this way
what kind of business; what sort of matter
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
treatment (of a person); dealing with
at the last moment; this late in the game
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker