left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
hot topic; talk of the town
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
February; second month of the lunar calendar
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
isn't it great?; carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
notice; attention; observation
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
chief vassal; senior statesman
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string