migratory bird; bird of passage
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to pen; to write; to draw
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
up in a tree; in the trees
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
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
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
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
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
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
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
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
(present) head of a family
to be led by; to be headed by
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy