ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
to complete decisively; to do to completion
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
land and sea; army and navy
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
talk; conversation; dialogue
programme; program; plans; arrangements
leaving a warship; abandoning ship; retirement from a naval post; retirement from captaincy (of a naval ship)
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
final adjustment; final coordination
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
eastern part; the east (of a region)
private funds; own funds; private property
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
unexpectedly; by chance; by accident
shady; underhanded; questionable
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage