love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to kick over; to kick down
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
unglazed pottery; bisque; bisque firing; seafood grilled without seasoning
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
natural; reasonable; understandable
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
qualification requirement (for a job)
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
in swarms; in great crowds
mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares
party; gang; company; squad
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
to be flexible; to be accommodating
everything working out as desired
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)
bureau director; office chief
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
troops; group members; team members
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
objection; dissent; protest
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
gender; distinction of sex; sex
platoon commander; section commander
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest