order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
becoming a lordless samurai
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
dry riverbed; river beach
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
remaining; left-over; excess
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to gather; to collect; to assemble
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already