thief; robber; burglar; bandit
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
indeed; really; truly; very much
morals; morality; sincerity
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
numerator; molecule; member; element
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
(arch.) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to fall ill; to be taken ill
mountain road; mountain trail
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)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)