beginning; outset; first; onset
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
chance; opportunity; occasion
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
Island; insula; island; islet
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
failure; mistake; blunder
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
young person; youth; young
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
three times; thrice; third (interval)
to repeat; to do over again
treasure house; treasury; financial supporter; patron; financier
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
imprisonment; incarceration
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
scenery; scene; landscape
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
cost of a meal (or meals)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)