cancellation; abandonment
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
remark; statement; discourse
to play a central role; to take a leading part
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
rivers and mountains; landscape
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
sixth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tapering thinning curve, usually concave left
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation; difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation
in spite of; regardless of
immediate follower (of the shogun)
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
seat (of chair, bench, etc.); seat base
right (to do something); authority; power
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
celebratory banquet; feast
single word; a few words; brief comment
without permission; without notice
killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
sharp or blunt; bright or foolish
training; education; development; cultivation