Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
charge; grounds; suspicion
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
severe earthquake; violent tremor
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
by means of; due to; because of; according to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)