year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
rule; reign; peaceful times
society; the world; the times
steady progress; rapid advance
thought; consideration; thinking
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
(present) head of a family
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
control; management (e.g. of a business)
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager