to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
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)
(political) administration; political power
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
1,000,000; one million; million; many
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
various fiefdoms; various domains
modernization; modernisation
the West; the Occident; Western countries
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter