precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
course; route; path; process; means
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
to be prolonged; to drag on
conference room; place of assembly
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
just past noon; afternoon
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
-less; lacking; non-existing
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
monetary unit; currency unit
currency exchange counter; bureau de change
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
historical play; period drama
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
sharp sighted; easily awakened