assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
800,000; eight hundred thousand
salary reduction; salary cut
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
returning to the service of one's master
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
following someone's example, and committing suicide
following one's master into the grave; committing suicide after one's lord has died
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
as soon as possible; ASAP
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to have an idea; to have a clue
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)