encroachment; erosion; corrosion
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
swinging back; aftershock; backlash
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
waste of effort; thankless task
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
hard struggle; strenuous effort
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to fulfill one's responsibilities
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
look!; there!; here!; that is
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
to bring up under one's personal care
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
coloured carp; colored carp
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
suddenly; all of a sudden
government service; the bureaucracy