early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
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.
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
congratulation; celebration
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
that; the matter in question