expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
election; selection; choice
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
indefinite; unlimited; life imprisonment
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
view; opinion; finding; findings
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
admiration; being impressed (by)
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to be worried; to be troubled
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to come back; to bloom a second time
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
deceased father; late father
written request; written demand
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
support; backing; aid; assistance
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos