expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
thus; in this way; like this
to be ready and waiting; to be on the alert; to be on the watch
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
keeper of imperial archives; worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
to change (one's clothes)
long-winded speech; long, boring talk; tedious lecture
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
food (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
hairline at the nape of the neck; nape
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
trend of the times; way things are going
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
while surprised; suddenly
internal organ; viscera; gut
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
cave; cavern; den; grotto