until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
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
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
to keep away; to keep at a distance
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
under the orders of; by order (command)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
inspection; examination; survey
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
to be talented; to be able
the other day; a few days ago
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of