craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
work; business; company; study
casting; cast-metal object
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
place; situation; position; location
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
please; somehow or other; one way or another
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
your body; your health; yourself; you
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
preparation; provision; guarding
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason