muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
hand used like a sword in striking
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
clear; precise; definite; distinct
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
memories; recollections; reminiscence
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
gooseberry; currant; plants from the Ribes genus
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
blood relationship; blood relative
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
back off!; leave me alone!
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square