rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia
Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
imperial throne; the Crown
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
Vladimir; Vladimir (Russia); Vladimirskaya
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
dominion; territory; possession
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
long (time); protracted; prolonged
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
forcibly; against one's will