Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
I appreciate your efforts
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to be helpful; to be useful
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration