to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
while; during (the time when)
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30); Genwa era
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
political measures; policy
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
correct; proper; formal; invertible (matrix); holomorphic
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
authority; power; influence
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
establishment; settlement
one thin flat object; one sheet
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to join together; to combine; to join up
barony of the first degree; influential feudal clan
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
interior; inside; internal
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration