tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
magistrate; shogunate administrator
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
older brother; elder brother
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
favorite sword; cherished sword
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
long time; long interval; for quite some time
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement