retainer; subject; vassal; servant
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
wooden building; wooden architecture
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
everywhere; at every turn
to become possible; to become able to (do)
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
imposing stance; daunting pose
around the clock; day and night
man's weeping (esp. someone not prone to tears)
main question; real issue at hand
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
genuine article; real thing; real deal
busy; having no (free) time
parliamentarian; member of a congress
colleagues; cronies; merry men
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful