to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to say; to be called; to do
good; goodness; right; virtue
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
insolent fellow; rude fellow
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
restoration of imperial rule
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
Kagoshima prefecture (Kyushu)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
government; administration
switching over to; migration; transition
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention