vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
true to one's name; living up to one's name
enlightenment; instruction
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
Imperial Household Agency hospital; Imperial Household Hospital; royal hospital; Hospital of the Imperial Household
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
death (of an emperor); demise
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
poor business performance; economic slump
employee; employer; person hiring others
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
sad; wretched; deplorable
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
aforementioned; above-mentioned
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
to be just about right; to be quite appropriate
to fight to the bitter end
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
practice of abandoning old people, usu. women
Narayama Bushikō - The Ballad of Narayama (1954 novel by Fukazawa Shichirō, 1983 film by Imamura Shōhei)