victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
New Year's Eve; end of the year
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
right (to do something); authority; power
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice