second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
grasp; catch; understanding
that is to say; so that means
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to lure someone; to entice someone
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to collect; to assemble; to gather
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
one thin flat object; one sheet
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
spare the rod and spoil the child; (lit.) if you love your children, send them out into the world
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation