counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
coastal defense; coastal defence
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
Hirosaki (city in Aomori)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
God; god; ace; king; superior person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude