essay; tentative assumption
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
maintaining the status quo
border (between countries); national border
it is I who should say so
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
person who has rendered distinguished service
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
imagination; supposition; guess
to unfold; to unroll; to open
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
boy; son; baby boy; young man
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
lolicon; (sexual) attraction to prepubescent girls; someone attracted to very young girls; lolicon; someone attracted to young or young-looking female characters
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
reopening; resumption; restarting
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
novel; story; (work of) fiction