genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to face; to go towards; to head towards
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
great cause; moral law; justice
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
failure; mistake; blunder
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to attack; to assault; to assail
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
eastern part; the east (of a region)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
support; backing; aid; assistance
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)