if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
family; relatives; dependents; household
family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; unequal treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that forced Japan to end its policy of national seclusion
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
major powers of the world; great powers
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any