victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
Earth Dragon (5th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
wherein; therein; thereinto
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
such ... as; or some such
every person; each one; everybody
by means of; due to; because of; according to
government; administration
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912); Emperor Mutsuhito
to live; to reside; to inhabit
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right