funeral; burial; condolence
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
generation; lifetime; age
decision; judgment; resolution
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30); Genwa era
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
surrender (fall) of a castle
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
to transmit by word of mouth
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
serialization; serialisation; serial story