oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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be (that) as it may; having said that
what kind of; what sort of; what
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
government; administration; ministry
internal or domestic affairs
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become