acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
adoration; admiration; devotion
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
this land; our country; Imperial Court
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
large or bulky book or volume
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for books; volume
(printing) block; woodcut
real thing; original; actual
ruler of a country; sovereign; monarch
very; greatly; exceedingly
sovereign; emperor; monarch
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
distortion; falsification; perversion
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual