claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
main meaning; opinion; idea; aim; motive; gist
first place; head position; leading position
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
speech; expression; wording; language
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
fixed date; appointed day
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito
information; news; intelligence
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to say; to be called; to do
had better ...; had better not ...
just the other day; quite recently
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)