eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
to save; to leave over; to spare
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
retry; another try; another go
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
exceptionally effective; overwhelming effectiveness
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
string instrument; stringed instrument
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
expression method; how to express oneself; phrasing
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
pieces; scraps; disconnected
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to search (esp. a home in a police search)
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
sodium vapor lamp (vapour) (from Natrium lamp)
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
nod; inclination of the head
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
green light; (giving) permission; OK
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death