shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
biological parent; real parent
to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
becoming a lordless samurai
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
fame; distinction; rise; advancement
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
circular; circulating letter
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
human intellect; knowledge
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
head over heels; headlong; head first
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
postwar period; period after Second World War
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides