interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
the more (people) fight, the closer they are; those who quarrel most are often the best of friends
headship of a family; family property
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
jack of all trades, master of none
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
for dear life; barely escaping alive
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
treading on wheat seedlings after planting (for better yield and health)
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)
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
violent explosion; bursting
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
on the occasion of; at the time of
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise