trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to write down; to record; to register
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
Tokyo Imperial University
Yamakawa Kenjirou (1854-1931)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism
government; administration
great cause; moral law; justice
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
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
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
huge rock; massive boulder
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to keep secret; to conceal
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)