simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
menial; meanness; servility; abject
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
long time; long interval; for quite some time
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
Nicolai; Nicolais; Nikolai; Nikolais
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
cooperation; collaboration
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
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)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice