past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
retouch; correction; improvement
Kyōwa era (1801.2.5-1804.2.11)
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
aforementioned; above-mentioned
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
essentially the same with only minor differences
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
someone (something) not to be trifled with
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
manners and customs; folkways; usage
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
chain mail (armor, armour)
habutai; habutae; fine Japanese silk
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
pigtail; ponytail; hair (hanging down the back)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
true theory; true teachings
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
that kind; competition; match
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to be forward; to be impertinent
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)