trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
the front of a building; facade
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
composed expression; clear face
actor print; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors
to call out; to ask someone to come
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
Maki Izumi (1813.4.7-1864.8.22)
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
Emperor Koumei; Koumei Tenno (1831-1866 CE, reigning: 1846-1866 CE)
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
to succeed; to bear fruit
imperial decree; imperial edict
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)