to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
while; during; while; although; all; both
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included