national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
life or death; existence; destiny
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
eye for people; ability to judge character
staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
source; origin; provenance; birthplace
trouble; bother; annoyance
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to have a reason; to have an excuse
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
great difference; major mistake
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
fool; blockhead; idiot; dunce