qualifications; requirements; capabilities
even more; still more; further
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
3rd day of the month; three days
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
ignorant of the ways of the world
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
a little bit; a little while
manners; courtesy; etiquette
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
useful thing; usable article; present; gift
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
and then; and so; and; so then
to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew