feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
farming; agriculture; cultivation
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
dining table; a dish (type of food)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
river; stream; River; the ... river
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
otherwise; or else; if not
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
one party; one faction; one clique