passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
it is I who should say so
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
Aphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera); mukutree
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
noble undertaking; heroic deed
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
our country; our land; one's own country
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
January; first month of the lunar calendar
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
one's long-cherished desire
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure