as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
alteration; falsification; faking
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
posterity; future generations; future life
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
accident; emergency; calamity
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
situation; developments; outcome
personal attendant; valet; maid
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
red hair; (arch.) Westerner (esp. a Dutchman)
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
previous king; late king; ancient virtuous king
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank