only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
best regards; please take care of; please do
to turn towards; to point
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
castle town; fortified town
powerful family; powerful clan
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
national border; provincial border
function; facility; faculty; feature
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
troubled times; turbulent times
to live through; to survive
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
imperial order; imperial decree
to take someone's life; to kill someone
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
proclamation; promulgation
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
furious opposition; strong opposition; vehement protest
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)