minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary
Komura Jutarou (1855-1911)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
cabinet (of a government); ministry
Minister for Foreign Affairs
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
commandant; commanding officer; general
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
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
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
name; given name; first name
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
how; in what way; how about
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
already; now; no longer; not any more
dominion; territory; possession
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
place of residence; dwelling place
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point