seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
at first; in the beginning; originally
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
to take root; to strike root
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
epidemic; plague; pestilence
large ginkgo tree; ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
old tree of historical interest; excellent wood; precious woods; choice wood
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
deity; god; Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
rest; break; recess; intermission
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
Nitta Yoshisada (1301-1338.8.17)
to encamp; to take up positions
growth (to maturity); being brought up; growing up; raising
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
the same book; the said book; ibid.
the same; the said; likewise
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master