lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
Meiō era (1492.7.19-1501.2.29)
Bunki era (1501.2.29-1504.2.30)
(period of) a year; during an era
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
commander; general; leader
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
testimony; (verbal) evidence
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to serve; to work for; to attend
ten; 10; ten years of age
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
honor; honour; credit; prestige
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
powerful family; powerful clan
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
parting; separation; farewell
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate