oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
news; word; tidings; omen
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
serious or slight injury; major and minor injuries
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
primary school; elementary school; grade school
house of a prince of the blood
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
good family; respectable family; decent family
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
type 1; category 1; first class
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
minority group (party); minority
relatively; comparatively
back issue (of a publication); back-number
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
Sunday edition of a newspaper
major earthquake; large earthquake
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
gubernatorial election; election of governor; gubernatorial campaign; gubernatorial race
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
area of land at sea-level; sea-level zone