mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
transfer; transport; removal
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
the lower classes; the common people
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
long (time that has passed); old (story)
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken
being very busy; busyness
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
working feverishly; strenuous efforts; furious dedication (to a task); (arch.) having dishevelled hair; (arch.) fighting with dishevelled hair
age; years; longevity; long life; congratulation; celebration
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
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
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
prayer (for something); supplication
firm promise; definite promise
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
sorry; excuse me; thank you
love affair; sensual pleasures
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
to close (one's eyes); to shut
Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); posthumous Buddhist name
going east; heading eastward