to kill; to choke the life out of
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
distant look; faraway look
guilty (e.g. of a crime); guilt-inducing (e.g. food); decadent
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
speaking of ...; as for ...
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
living together; communal life; cohabitation
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
bent back; hunchback; stoop
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
private clinician; physician in private practice
vaccination; inoculation; immunization; immunisation
to be contrary to one's expectations
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
adherent; devotee; believer
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear