van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
Li Kui (character in The Water Margin by Shi Nai'an)
selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
being on duty; person on duty
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
ember; brand; stub (of used candle, match etc.)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to rise; to erect; to get up
since then; from that time; ever since
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
public feeling; state of things
noisy; confused; uproarious
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
family or person with samurai ancestors
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
capable; able; talented; promising
resolute; determined; bold
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
government service; government employ
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
pent-up (energy, enthusiasm, etc.); burning (e.g. ambition); irrepressible (e.g. desire)
great ambition; lofty aspiration
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
struggle (for); scramble; contest
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to come to power; to assume the reins of government
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
red hair; Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)