white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
adds force or indicates command
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
the West; the Occident; Western countries
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
should; must; -able; probably; likely
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
military authorities; army circles
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
society; public; community; social studies
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
almost; roughly; approximately
bloodsucking; sucking blood
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)