to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
killing with a bomb; killing in a bombing
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
start; leaving; marching off
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
grand; luxurious; great; large; (arch.) very; (arch.) greatly
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
looking on; remaining a spectator
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
in order; in turn; one by one
exploding in flames; erupting in flames
judge (of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office); judicial officer; minister of justice; Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
personality; style; appearance
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to issue a manifesto; to appeal
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
life or death; existence; destiny