of course; certainly; naturally
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
security guard; doorkeeper
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
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
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
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; to raise (the voice)
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)
hand net; dip net; scoop net
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
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
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
beautiful legs; great legs
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
writing down what one hears; account of what one hears
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
family positioned to accede to the shogunate