to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
accumulation; accumulate; store
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
men and women of all ages
bright; shining; clear; evident
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
even so; anyhow; at any rate
store; reserve; stock; savings
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
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Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
illegitimate child; bastard; love child
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
because of this; thanks to this; due to this