relation; connection; relevance
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
family name; lineage; birth; clan
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to play a leading role; to play a central part
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
(historical) investigation
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae); Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa); someone who is unable to apply what they have read
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
westward trip; trip to the West
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases