dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
motive power; driving force
modernization; modernisation
financial power; financial means; wealth
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
sphere; circle; range; category
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
prohibition; ban; embargo
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
home area; home town; local
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
to order; to command; to appoint
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate