nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
new government; new administration
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
(arch.) slow; (arch.) gradual; (arch.) steady; (arch.) calm; (arch.) composed; (arch.) relaxed
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
progress; advance; improvement; development
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
condensed milk; Soviet Union
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
munitions; military stores
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
death (of an emperor); demise
Water Monkey (9th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1932, 1992, 2052)
human nature; human heart; human spirit; public feeling; people's sentiments
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
government service; the bureaucracy
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
Emperor Temmu; Temmu Tenno (?-686 CE, reigning: 673-686 CE)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar