to suit; to match; to become; to be like
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
chief vassal; senior statesman
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
and (also); both ... and; as well as
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
large feudal domain; large fiefdom
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to give an important position
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist
like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
roundup; wholesale arrest
(Edo-period) chief minister
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
precious book; handbook; manual; thesaurus; treasury of words
collection of similar objects; classification by similarity
Rikkokushi (six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods); Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
for a long time; since long ago; from childhood; bright and early; early in the morning
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); big three; top three