to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
being very busy; busyness
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
second punitive expedition
lintel (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door)
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
different opinion; objection
former winters; the last winter
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
decision; ruling; judgement; judgment
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
government and people; those in and out of the court or government; the entire nation
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
one person; ordinary; common
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
reprimand; rebuke; censure; reproof
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
nowadays; these days; at present
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
everything; anything; nothing
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
reason; cause; circumstances
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
to find a clue; to make a beginning
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
to rally; to make a comeback
surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia