zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
custody; detention; confinement
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
district court; local court
death penalty; capital punishment
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
reduction of armaments; disarmament
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
declaration; proclamation; announcement
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
the ways of the world; human nature
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
main force; chief object; mainline
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
armed might; military power; the sword; force
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
Takahashi Korekiyo (1854.8.20-1936.2.26)
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)