to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
without; unless; have to do
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
higonokami; type of folding knife with metal handle
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
to consult (somebody); to talk something over
appeal; entreaty; request
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
chamberlain; castle keeper
ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
military officer; naval officer
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
useless; vain; aimless; idle
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
court; Imperial Palace or household
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to investigate; to examine
to accomplish (attain) one's object
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member