conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
every evening; night after night
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
axle; pivot; center (of power, activity); central point; the Axis (WWII alliance)
transverse wave; beam sea
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
condensed milk; Soviet Union
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
unsettled; pending; unresolved
Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
defilement; impurity; object (perceived with the mind or the senses); one billionth
elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
beginning writing (a draft); drafting
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
beginning (of a century, etc.)
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
consecutive number of (or total) volumes
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; swastika-shaped family crest
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold