state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
Kido Takayoshi (1833.8.11-1877.5.26)
thoroughly; through and through
overthrow of the shogunate
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
on countless occasions; many a time
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
very young; little; childish; immature
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to hear; to imbibe; to drink
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
so to speak; so to call it; as it were