to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
oracle; revelation; divine message
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
most difficult; next to impossible
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
composite; combined; complex
to leave this world; to die
gait; one's manner of walking; leg technique; technique involving tripping the opponent
estate sale; estate liquidation
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
person who sets questions (for an exam or quiz)
reformation; revolution; Meiji Restoration; Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai
newly compiled; newly edited
solving a problem swiftly and skillfully
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
that year; same year; same age
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
limited time; limited-time offer
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
freely; frankly; without reserve
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)