to put one's hand on; to touch
opinion; point of view; visual point
to be nearing death; to be dying
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
middle of the night; dead of night
political measures; policy
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
internal discord; domestic discord
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
to pose a riddle; to hint (at); to drop a hint
(period of) a year; during an era
paper; note; document; bill
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
objection; dissent; protest
Briton; Englishman; (the) English
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
lineage; line; unification; all (of you)
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
main or important road; influential or important position; the authorities
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to begin to read; to leaf through a book
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)