great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
revival; restoration; resuscitation
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
young person; youth; young
vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo; bum
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
maid; helper; help; assistance
to have the privilege of doing
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
to draw off; to run out; to flush out
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
mask; striking the head (kendo)
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to call each other; to call out to one another
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
roar of the sea; sound of waves
Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)
Critique of Practical Reason (Kant)
collation editing; proofreading and annotation
revision of a text (by comparison of variant sources); emendation; recension
And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie)
Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel; lush, green tree
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed