superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
older brother; elder brother
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
Parkes (Australia); Parks; Parkus
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
what is called; what they call; so-called
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
sincerity; true heart; devotion
to join forces; to cooperate
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
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
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though