certainly; surely; definitely
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
commander; general; leader
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
high steward; grand master
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
many; numerous; various; large number of
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to seek a path; to find one's way
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
adverse circumstances; adversity
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
establishment; settlement
(political) power; authority; influence
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
opinion in writing; written opinion; argument
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
commencing with; including
though; notwithstanding; although
keeping house; being confined to one's house
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong