nose medicine (e.g. nasal spray); bribe; hush money; soothing sweets (for a child)
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to do together; to share; to participate in
leader; guide; mentor; coach
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
support; backing; patronage
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to accept; to receive; to agree
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
soldier; combatant; warrior
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
(political) administration; political power
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
again; once more; a second time
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee