well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
warming up sake; warmed sake
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
everlasting; eternal; continued; unchanging
heir; inheritor; successor
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
unknown; obscure; insignificant
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
rational; logical; coherent
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out