Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
excessive; too much; unreasonable
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
lamentation; grief; anguish; anxiety; illness; mourning
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
great mountain; large mountain
quiet place; vacant land; fallow ground; undemanding job; sinecure; life of leisurely retirement
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
to use (public property) for personal purposes; to use (e.g. politics) for one's own ends; to misappropriate (public money); (arch.) to act selfishly
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
shafts (attached to the yoke of a cart, plow, etc.)
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
corpulence; fatness; obesity
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
have to do; must; should; ought to
adoration; admiration; reverence
depiction; description; portrayal
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor