wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
an inch ahead; the immediate future
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
High Treason Incident (socialist-anarchist plot to assassinate Emperor Meiji in 1910)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
point in question (at issue)
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
three; three years of age
death penalty; capital punishment
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
difference; discrepancy; variation
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
disorder; disturbance; unrest
emperor (of Japan); mikado
power; authority; influence
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
sign; indication; omen; symptom
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to degenerate; to lapse into
severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp
counter for generations; epoch
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide