activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
two years later; year after next
stabilizing the feelings of the people; inspiring confidence among the people
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
village office; local administration office in a village
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
how many years; how long; what year
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
Kashō era (848.6.13-851.4.28)
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)
Jōwa era (834.1.3-848.6.13); Shōwa era
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
thousands; several thousand
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to prevent; to take precautions
victim; injured party; sufferer
war; fighting; fierce competition
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
feeling keenly; fully realizing
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being