treachery; treacherous designs
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to serve; to work for; to attend
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
while; during (the time when)
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to take to; to let one's heart go out to
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest