shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
secret; private; surreptitious
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
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 plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
honorific/polite/humble prefix
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
mountain hunt; combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand