offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice
scale; scope; plan; structure
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
being struck by lightning; torpedo attack
advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death
conceding (position or title)
this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
detached; aloof; indifferent
God and man; heaven and man
pressure; oppression; suppression
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
Heaven's blessing; gift of nature; natural resources
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
(Edo-period) chief minister
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
adherence to the shogunate