to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
exaltation; emotional uplift
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
nausea; sickness in the stomach
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to take a solid stance; to put one's back in it; to exert oneself
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
now that; since; so long as; because
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
many; much; plenty; hardly
end; tip; extremities; terminal
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
rational; reasonable; logical
explanation; interpretation
humus; leaf mold; leaf mould; mulch
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
in that way; like that; that way
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
for some (unspecified) reason
whichever one chooses; either way
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
to rise; to erect; to get up