to try and do something; to attempt to do something
of all things (days, etc.)
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
imperial court; royal court
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
uneducated; uncultured; unrefined; ignorant
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
absurd; nonsensical; ridiculous; idiotic; laughable; ludicrous
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
false accusation; slander; calumny
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
rebellion; great uprising
very much; exceedingly; extremely
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
transportation network; transport network; traffic network
intelligence or information network
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to demean; to despise; to treat with contempt; to abase
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
indictment; prosecution; complaint
to care for someone; to look after someone
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
weak constitution; ill health
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others