Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
penalty; sentence; punishment
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
bowing twice; worshipping again; Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
female private parts; female genitals
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
election tour; election campaign; stumping
various fiefdoms; various domains
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
sovereign power; the reins of government
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
not limited to; not just ...
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
restoration of imperial rule
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as