the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
Nagasaki-e; print produced in Nagasaki during the Edo period
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
lofty; soaring; towering; precipitous; high and steep; sharply sticking out
early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
gracious; benevolent; benign; magnanimous
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
inexcusable; unthinkable; unacceptable; utterly unexpected; totally unforeseen
shouting in a thunderous voice
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
to leap back; to jump back
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
permission; approval; authorization; license
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to be drunk; to be intoxicated; to be inebriated; to be under the influence of alcohol
dismissal; sacking; discharge
newspaper story (article, account)
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
death penalty; capital punishment
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards