happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
man; male; masculine gender
marriage proposal; courtship
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état
by means of; due to; because of; according to
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
the other day; some time ago; recently
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
accession to the throne; enthronement
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to lead a life; to live a life
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
king's younger brother; royal brother
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)