moderate faction; moderates
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
a considerable number; a fair number
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
loyal retainer; loyal subject
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
strike (i.e. industrial action)
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
fever (state of excitement)
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
to become settled; to be fixed
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold