emperor (of Japan); mikado
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
to collect; to assemble; to gather
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
father of one's country; father of the nation
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
Japan's best; number one in Japan
old-fashioned (in one's way of thinking)
obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof