national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
in that way; thus; so; so?
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
Japanese person; Japanese people
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
how; in what way; by what means
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)