to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
troubled times; turbulent times
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
reform; reformation; reorganization
participation; joining; entry; adherence
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
interest; rights; concession
by means of; due to; because of; according to
town originally built around a temple or shrine
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
notice; attention; observation
early on; earlier on; from early
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
issuance (e.g. of a passport); issuing
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
environment; circumstance
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
spring water; clear (pure) water
Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)
commerce; trade; business
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)