gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
troubled face; worried expression
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Zhejiang Province (China)
mutation; change; vicissitude
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
to mix; to stir; to blend
death from prostration; death from emaciation
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
bashful; shameful; ashamed
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
(someone else's) daughter
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
nod; inclination of the head
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
just because; even if; even though