chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
sphere; circle; range; category
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping; withdrawal
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
starting line; starting point
person who avoids others; social outcast
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
discarding; firing (an employee)
suffering (as a result of maltreatment)
hell on earth; living hell
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
issue; offspring; paternal blood
to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
breeding; raising; rearing