year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
immense physical strength
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
this land; our country; Imperial Court
undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)