unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
progress; advance; improvement; development
foreign voyage; outward voyage
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
serialization; serialisation; serial story
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
summer cloud; summer clouds
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
the said person; he; she; same surname
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
Kagoshima prefecture (Kyushu)
(encouragement of) industry
ocean fish; saltwater fish
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
questions and answers; dialogue
illustrated reference book; illustrated catalog
famous book; masterpiece (literary work)
one's later years; final years (in life)
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
government office; public office; government official
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit