putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
don't you think?; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to surround; to crowd around
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
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
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
a little bit; a little while
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
settlement; solution; resolution