sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
Queen Mother; Empress Dowager
three monastic positions with management roles at a temple
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
offering; presentation; donation
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to entrust; to leave to a person
suddenly; all of a sudden
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
foreign invasion; foreign attack; foreign force
restoration; revival; resurgence
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana
great person; eminent figure