tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
prohibition; ban; embargo
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
silk or leather container for paper handkerchiefs, medicine, toothpicks, etc.
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
breaking one's ties (with); breaking off (from); pulling out (of)
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
haori (Japanese formal coat)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
because of; owing to; due to
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
charming; bewitching; coquettish
at the last moment; this late in the game
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)