improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to square one's shoulders
lower seat; seat at bottom of the table
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
interference; meddling; butting in
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to blaze; to burn brightly
Briton; Englishman; (the) English
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to find out; to discover; to locate
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); God
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
long (time); longstanding; for a long time