one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
homecoming; returning home
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
retirement (from the world); seclusion
retainer; vassal; servant
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to talk; to carry meaning
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
Japanese-style bookbinding
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
Chinese book; book written in Chinese
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
coherence; order; focus; point
to put into writing; to write
(black) magic; witchcraft; sorcery
this and that; one thing or another
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits who came to Japan in the 16th century; Christianity; Christian
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah