to wash away; to rinse off
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to accept; to receive; to agree
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
beyond this point; from now on; after this
meaning; significance; sense
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
very young; little; childish; immature
alone; by oneself; on one's own
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation