iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
open; public; official; overt
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
whole nation; whole land; whole country
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
bombastic; pretentious; exaggerated
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
on the roof; court nobles
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
Jinno Shotoki (Succession of Imperial Rulers in Japan, historical treatise by Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1339)
synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
66-odd provinces of old Japan; (lit.) 60-odd states
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
worldly affairs; public affairs
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
point of an argument; drift of an argument
last days; the end; one's fate
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with