to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
pending question; unresolved problem
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
vice-minister; undersecretary
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
to need; to demand; to take; to require
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
losing initiative; being forestalled; moving second; person with the second move; gote; move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
disturbance; trouble; dispute
NaK (sodium-potassium alloy)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
proceeding quickly; flying (of time); rapidly; (arch.) running quickly (of a horse)
group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
through; by way of; after; via
water outlet; tap; faucet
can do; may do; be capable of doing
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
100,000; hundred thousand
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
imperial decree; imperial edict
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
salary reduction; salary cut
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
smoothly; easily; readily
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
calculation; counting; (dealing with) figures; cardinality