prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
independence; self-reliance
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
Hansen's disease; leprosy; leper
in comparison to; rather than
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
government; administration
the people; citizens; the populace
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
a posteriori; posteriority
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
each; (arch.) you (plural)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)