steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
side or bottom of a ship; ship's hold; bottoms; shipping; tonnage; freight space
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to do mischief; to use abusive language
magistrate; shogunate administrator
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
to row up to (e.g. a ship)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite