forcibly; against one's will
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
government office; public office
to behead; to decapitate; to fire; to dismiss
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
day after day; for many days; for days on end; day in, day out
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
any more; any further; any better; any longer
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
technique; art; skill; move
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
deep contemplation; melancholy; gloom
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter
self denial; self control
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
annexation; merger; swallowing up
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries
bragging; showing off; pride
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity