detached; aloof; indifferent
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
covert action; covert operations
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
yearned for; longed for; missed
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
ward management; ward administration
closing time; lockup; curfew
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
friendly relations; social relations; social life
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to close down a business; to shut a business
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
crown; diadem; bottle cap
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
mixed race; mixed parentage
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
individual differences; personal equation
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub