box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
orthodoxy; (Greek) orthodox church
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
Japanese person; Japanese people
every place; various places
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)