Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
otherwise; or else; if not
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
father and mother; parents
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove)
flour; meal; powder; dust
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
mountain field; mountain farmland
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
bento; Japanese box lunch
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to