light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
at a stroke; with a single swoop
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
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
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
work; business; company; study
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
now; the present time; just now; another; more
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
regulation; adjustment; control
that is to say; so that means
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)