to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
already; now; no longer; not any more
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
young person; youth; young
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
support; backing; aid; assistance
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
foreign; abroad; overseas
export; exportation; efferent
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
great wealth; enormous fortune