very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
to complain about; to grumble; to make an excuse for
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
Yamagata Aritomo (1838.6.14-1922.2.1)
war funds; war expenditures
10,000,000,000; ten billion
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
without permission; without notice
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
how; in what way; how about
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time