child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to serve; to work for; to attend
younger brother and sister
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to comfort; to console; to amuse
by means of; due to; because of; according to
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
strong nation; powerful country
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
possession (esp. of a territory)
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
the whole nation; all the people in the land
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
bet; wager; stake; gamble
dying; laying down one's life; one out
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
sympathy; empathy; response
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)