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
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir
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; revolt; insurrection; treason
grounds; charge; suspicion
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
severe earthquake; violent tremor
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; 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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
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); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
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 realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
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; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to use (a tool, 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
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)