Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to face; to go towards; to head towards
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
what is called; what they call; so-called
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
zest for living; energy to live
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
great cause; moral law; justice
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound