superior; superiors; senior
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
all; entire; whole; altogether
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest)
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
to amuse oneself; to make merry
drama; play; powerful drug
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
-less; lacking; non-existing
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
one's own effort; doing single-handedly; a game (of go, shogi, etc.); a match; a dance; a (musical) composition