to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
alone; by oneself; on one's own
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
job; work; duties; trade; skill
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
person of rank; person of status; ranked official
election tour; election campaign; stumping
relation; connection; affinity
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since
dry riverbed; river beach
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
demonstration; show of force
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be arrested; to be put in bonds
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow