reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
number of houses; number of households
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
war; fighting; fierce competition
dwelling; house; residence; address
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
appearance; air; mien; getup
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
military service; conscription
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
house for rent; house to let; building a house; built house
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
(present) head of a family
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
upper reaches of a river; upstream
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
to have a reason; to have an excuse
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
property; fortune; means; assets
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
each; (arch.) you (plural)
the times; an age; a day and age
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade