dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
clicking; clopping; clacking
watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert; guard; watchmen
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
loss of spirit; dejection
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
prime minister; premier; chancellor
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
stating clearly; declaration; proclamation
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
most hallowed grounds (of a sacred site in Okinawa)
etc.; et cetera; and so on
high steward; grand master
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
pine tree growing on a rock
being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)