heart; guts; nerve; central part
blow striking with the flat of the sword; to slap; metal flattened by striking; tape; flat braid; type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (meld)
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
succession; continuation; series; sequence
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
January; first month of the lunar calendar
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
to fight against; to oppose; to face
adverse circumstances; adversity
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
garden lantern; hanging lantern
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
descendant; posterity; offspring
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
bank; weir; embankment; levee
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed