Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
that day; the very same day
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
government; administration
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
great cause; moral law; justice
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
government forces; government troops
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
land route; overland route; by land; overland
to face; to go towards; to head towards
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
again; once more; a second time
to cover fully; to wrap around
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually