interested person; volunteer; supporter
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
secretariat; executive office
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
government forces; loyalist army
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
pennant; gold-brocade flag
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
nation at war; militant nation
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days