tide; current; tendency; trend
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
main or important road; influential or important position; the authorities
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
hundred days; lengthy time
penalty; sentence; punishment
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
to expand a market; to find a new market
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
intimate friends and acquaintances
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute
publication; wood-block printing; canopy (trees)
retainer; vassal; servant
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
written explanation; written apology
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to be a burden; to make trouble for someone
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
oppression; suppression; pressure
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
detached; aloof; indifferent
restraint; restriction; control; check
(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs; true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)
such; this sort of; like this