accredited master (of a performing art); being famous; being popular; famous person
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
standing firm; holding out
to play for time; to use delaying tactics
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
moron; idiot; stupid person
to seek a path; to find one's way
useful thing; usable article
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to be relieved of one's post
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
88 years old; (arch.) rice
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
to be transparent; to show through
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened