misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
the court; palace circles; palace floor
to serve; to work for; to attend
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
rather; better; instead; if anything
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
(religious) faith; belief; creed
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
moment by moment; hour by hour
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
while; even though; despite
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
elegy; dirge; mournful melody
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
door; gate; opening; title page
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally