damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml; shaku; traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square
being on duty; person on duty
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
to water down; to dilute with water
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
unprecedented; never seen before
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
tips of one's hair; hair ends
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
strong person; the strong; the powerful
guardian; mentor; protector
to scrape off; to shave off
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
wild fox; (arch.) mythical fox spirit capable of possessing people
acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery
fool; blockhead; idiot; dunce
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
inheritance; succession to property