to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
span of life; one's term of existence; destiny; fate; assigning a name to a number
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to droop; to be depressed
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
flute mouthpiece; poetic style
one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser
trend; tendency; momentum
namely; that is (to say); in other words
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to establish; to formulate
and (also); both ... and; as well as
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
medicine chest (container)
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
suggestion; hint; implication
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage