appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
entreaty; appeal; petition
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
administration of justice; judicature
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
arrestee; person arrested
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
contact; touch; contact lens
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
many; numerous; various; large number of
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
great person; eminent figure
Japanese history; history of Japan
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
two classes; double; two sets
discovery; detection; finding
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze