to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
at least; at most; (even) just
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
way; method; means; resource; course
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)