good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
and yet; though; when; in spite of
even so; anyhow; at any rate
moving about; stirring about
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
shouting in a thunderous voice
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
than; other than; except; but
rather; better; instead; if anything
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
great enterprise; great task
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused