offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
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)
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to hide; to keep to oneself
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
beyond that point; after that
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
form; shape; figure; visage
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to surround; to crowd around
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
Ii Naosuke (1815-1860.3.24)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
successive generations; successive emperors
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
member of shogun's council of elders
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession