inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
one's own property; possessions
looking great with makeup
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
to disperse; to take a castle
innocent; blameless; guiltless
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
sending a telegram; telegraph
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
hokora; small wayside shrine
single word; a few words; brief comment
air route; air lane; by air; by plane
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
east, west, south and north
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
celebratory banquet; feast
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
interruption; interference; butting in
self-interest; selfish desire