face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
treaty power; treaty signatory
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
objection; dissent; protest
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
100,000; hundred thousand
Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
February; second month of the lunar calendar
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary