charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
worry; care; consideration
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
geisha; (arch.) kabuki actor (esp. a young actor); (arch.) someone accomplished in the arts
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
understanding; comprehension
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
selfishness; selfish motive
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
money-making; earning money
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
great wealth; enormous fortune
screw; propeller (e.g. on a ship)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean