inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
deep inside; innermost place
woman; female; feminine gender
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
minimum; at the very least
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
bad news; news of a death; death notice
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to count on; to anticipate; to expect
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
in the end; at the end of the day
authority; power; influence
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
production (e.g. play); direction
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to find fault with; to question