difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
wandering; rambling; roaming
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
going up and down; going back and forth
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
able individual; man of ability
to need; to demand; to take; to require
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to use; to make use of; to utilize
of course; certainly; naturally
of course; certainly; naturally
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation); English literature; British studies
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
troublesome; bothersome; burdensome
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
to employ; to hire; to charter
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
overthrow of the shogunate
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
use; utilization; utilisation; application