very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
don't you think?; indicates question
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
student (esp. a university student)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
mountaineering club; mountain area
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
junior high school student; middle school pupil
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
revival; restoration; resuscitation
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
penalty; sentence; punishment
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus