finally; barely; only just; gradually
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to detain; to check; to restrain
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to communicate; to commune
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to exert oneself; to make efforts
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
importance; emphasis; stress
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
imperial envoy; imperial messenger
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar