state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
hairdresser; hairdressing
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
post; quarters; military station; police station
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
Nishi Hongan-ji (temple in Kyoto)
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.)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift