disintegration; self-destruction
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
making a show of one's faults
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
journal; magazine; periodical
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
argument based on emotion; sentimental argument
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to be faced with the choice between two alternatives; to be presented with two difficult choices
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
for shame!; shame on you!; shame!
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
modesty; self-control; discretion
detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable
wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky