average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
in error; by mistake; by accident; accidentally
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry