finally; after; following; at the end (of)
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871); Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
hedge; fence; border; limit
number of persons; personnel
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
patient; unhurried; leisurely
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
ancient time; age of the gods
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to establish; to formulate
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
the old feudal government; shogunate
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
fabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)
carpenter's square (for checking angles); common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid