interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
true state; actual condition; reality
ago; since; before; previous
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
people; men and women; each person; everybody
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
and then; and so; and; so then
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
not caring; not giving a damn
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
to be intimate with; to befriend
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand