yours sincerely; respectfully yours
inn town; post town; post-station town
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
high mountain; alpine mountain
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
fame (for one's bravery); great renown
story; tale; talk; discussion
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
available ship; ship ready for boarding and departure; to board an available ship; to take a ship
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
by far; by a long way; much; a few levels; several grades
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)