to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
each (every) time; whenever
fruits of a wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
companion; partner; spouse
future years; in (one's) later years
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects
obeying; observing; following
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
Earth Dragon (5th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1928, 1988, 2048)
Earth Snake (6th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
arrest; apprehension; capture
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
technique; art; skill; move
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
one's own faction (of a party)
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)
shramana (wandering monk)
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
mountain; vicinity of a mountain