Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
lately; recently; nowadays
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
despotic government; autocracy
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to state; to express; to mention
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for