false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
information transfer; information transmission
groundless rumor (rumour)
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
the whole city; all the cities; every city
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
Tsukushi (former province located in northern Kyūshū; later split into Chikuzen and Chikugo); Kyūshū
ronin; masterless samurai
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
physician in private practice; town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
pornographic book (Edo period)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
prohibition; ban; suspension; injunction
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
by myself; in person; by oneself
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop