It was known as a fact that people from the lower ranks were ennobled and allowed to pass into the rank of samurai; in the same way, too, samurai were clearly disinheritable, and for any offence passed down into the ranks beneath them.

Later that day, all X's friends put on their red and white checked overalls and went over to see X.

We used to brew a tonic from a particular kind of root.

The number one item on my Christmas list was a way out of my marriage. The way I looked at it, this wasn't quite the same thing as a divorce.