war; fighting; fierce competition
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
Enomoto Takeaki (1836.10.5-1908.10.27)
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
magistrate; shogunate administrator
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to take command; to give direction
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be hesitant; to feel timid
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
recuperation; medical treatment
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
bravery; courage; heroism
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
fighting in numerous battles
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days