reorganization; reorganisation
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
happy tears; tears of joy
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
two (long cylindrical things)
to be erected; to be built
covered in mud; mud-caked
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
early on; earlier on; from early
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
chief retainer; daimyo's minister