offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice
opinion; intention; thought
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to accept; to receive; to agree
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
Western civilization; Western civilisation
surface; outward appearance; superficial; shallow
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30); Genwa era
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to rebuild; to reconstruct
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
snell (fishing); leader; trace; cast
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to do as one wishes; to suit one's convenience; to happen as one expects
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand