to be helpful; to be useful
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
without; unless; have to do
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
(period of) a year; during an era
secret; private; surreptitious
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)
Kazunomiya (1846.7.3-1877.9.2)
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
that; the matter in question
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
after that; afterwards; thereafter
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal