to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
of course; certainly; naturally
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
(security) guard; caretaker; janitor; doorkeeper; gatekeeper
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; notice; poster
ornamental railing top; bridge railing-post knob; Welsh onion flower; leek flower; hosta; plantain lily
government office; public office
before the gate; in front of the gate
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
surroundings; environs; circumference
entreaty; solicitation; earnest request
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
prayer (for something); supplication
outside Kyoto or the capital
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
Matsudaira Katamori (1835-1893)
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
triangular pattern; scalelike pattern; imbricate pattern; triangle emblem
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
writing down what one hears; account of what one hears
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all