rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period
giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the Emperor
condition; situation; prospects
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect; insight
territory; domain; dominion; possession
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
young lord; successor of one's current lord
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
religious painting; sacred painting
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
recovery; undoing; recall
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to leave undyed; to dye partly (leaving some base colour); to heavily and completely dye; to dye fast
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
camp stool; folding stool
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
American continent; the Americas
to drive someone off with gunfire
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
disjointed; frequently interrupted; in fits and starts
fixed rule; usual way; usual method
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)