helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
water temperature (esp. bath)
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
lukewarm; tepid; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to play a central role; to take a leading part
peace talks; peace negotiations
band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
change of government; regime change
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
on countless occasions; many a time
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
turning point; transition phase
diligent student; studious person
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
retort; back talk; backchat
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
great war; great battle; world war
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
body; group; party; company; troupe
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
voyage; passage; travelling
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else