leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
to discuss; to talk together
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
how many years; how long; what year
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
marriage ceremony; wedding
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
reality; actuality; hard fact
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
declaration; proclamation; announcement
already; now; no longer; not any more
adherence to the shogunate
live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them