sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
two persons; two people; pair; couple
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
older brother; elder brother
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
Tokugawa Iemochi (1846.7.17-1866.8.29), Shougun 1858-1866
Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
form; shape; figure; visage
prayer (for something); supplication
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
firm promise; definite promise
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader