to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
patient; unhurried; leisurely
violence within a (student) sect; internal strife
look; glance; (at first) sight
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
that kind; competition; match
sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
shock therapy; shock treatment
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
chicken; chicken game; chicken race
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
in its entirety; whole; wholly
wide (esp. of clothing); broad
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
thick; bulky; massive; heavy