littering; (carelessly) tossing away
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
process; course; mechanism
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
trickery; (arch.) fiasco; (arch.) disobedience
reset; fresh start; new beginning
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
repetition of position (in chess, shogi, etc.); repetition draw
even though; despite; when
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
point in question (at issue)
gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
contest of strength; trial of strength
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
normalcy; normality; normal
make an issue or problem of something; something becoming a problem or issue
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
breakdown of negotiations
several years; a few years
(find) common (meeting) ground
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent