a short while ago; already
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
last December; end of last year
fifth day of the month; five days
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
capital; metropolis; old Kyoto
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
ninth day of the month; nine days
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture); Oki (island)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
largehearted; frank; unaffected
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel
situation; developments; outcome
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
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
to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
the bottom of one's heart
to be in common; to have in common; to be in mutually understood; to be mutually connected; to have a link