to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
embodiment; realization; materialization
while; even though; despite
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
cooperation; coordination; link
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
Iwami Silver Mine (Shimane Prefecture)
bamboo (tobacco) ash receptacle
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
export; exportation; efferent
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
under control (e.g. of territory)
it is not (like that) either
disturbance; riot; mayhem
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)