crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
sincere; honest; faithful
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
tenth day of the month; ten days
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
massing (of troops); gathering
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
modernization; modernisation
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
important post; important office; key position
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
at first; in the beginning; originally
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity