Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
the people; citizens; the populace
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
aggression; invasion; raid
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
our country; our land; one's own country
messenger; envoy; emissary
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
Primorsky Krai (Russian territory)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
to want; to seek; to request
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
to wander; to roam from place to place
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie