Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871 CE); Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryo system)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
imperial cause; royal cause
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
one's former teacher; one's old teacher
three branches of Buddhist sutras
parting; separation; farewell
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
staff with plaited paper streamers
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
to reach an impasse or deadlock
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to come from; to have roots in
focusing on; paying attention to; observation; perception; taking notice of
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
hydroplane (submarines); diving plane; diving rudder