shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
Takasugi Shinsaku (1839.9.27-1867.5.17)
amusing; funny; interesting
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
in history; ever; historical
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to become settled; to be fixed
to happen to hear; to overhear
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
indiscriminately; recklessly
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
castella (type of sponge cake)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
simple and clear; plain and simple
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
one's own child; one's own children
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person