to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
to get help; to enlist aid
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
magistrate; shogunate administrator
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
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)
political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to communicate; to commune
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
letter; missive; note; mail
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
time; hour; period; class
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support