coastal defense; coastal defence
guess; speculation; supposition
banning of books; banned book
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
treatment; service; handling; management
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
book; volume; this; present; main; head
revere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
in that way; thus; so; so?
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of