rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
substantial matter; significant item
looking away; looking aside
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
resignation; acceptance; consolation
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
art of self-defense (defence)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
eternal; unlimited; endless
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
same crime; being equally guilty
precocity; early ripening; premature development
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary