failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
signature; signing; sealing
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to resign from one's post
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
national crisis; national disaster
interior; inside; internal
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
nothing but; none other than
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
Ii Naosuke (1815-1860.3.24)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
job; work; duties; trade; skill
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly