without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
very hungry; starving; ravenous
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
at least; at most; (even) just
Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu)
vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
copper plate; copperplate
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
image; figure; figure; form; image
is something that; is that which
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
oppression; suppression; pressure
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)