to leave this world; to die
gait; one's manner of walking; technique involving tripping the opponent
estate sale; estate liquidation
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
person who sets questions (for an exam or quiz)
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
newly compiled; newly edited
solving a problem swiftly and skillfully
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
that year; same year; same age
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
limited time; limited-time offer
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
freely; frankly; without reserve
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
stomach ache; abdominal pain
area within a window or GUI display
don't talk nonsense; (lit.) sleep talk after you go to sleep
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to rush over; to run up to