mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
marshy rice field or paddy
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
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.
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
(period of) a year; during an era
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease