clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
holding one's ground; defending local authority
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
now; the present time; just now; another; more
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
while; during; while; although; all; both
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
adds force or indicates command
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
story; tale; talk; discussion
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important