obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
lowly people (Edo period); eta
lodging; boarding; boarding house; school dormitory
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
important post; important office; key position
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
January; first month of the lunar calendar
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
at once; immediately; right now
paying loan installments whenever one happens to have money (instalments)
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
had better ...; had better not ...
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
natural span of life; 250 years old
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to cause someone to worry
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there