to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
in that way; thus; so; so?
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
emperor (of Japan); mikado
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by