to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)
lower seat; seat at bottom of the table
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to blaze; to burn brightly
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to find out; to discover; to locate
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); God
to kill (one's master, king, father, etc.); to murder; to assassinate
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
meeting place; club; workplace (Edo period); office
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
long (time); longstanding; for a long time