marine traffic; sea traffic
to send an army; to send soldiers; to dispatch troops
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
bride; one's daughter-in-law
(another person's) nephew
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood
being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior
experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
peace conference; peace negotiations
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
of all things (days, etc.)
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
mutation; change; transition
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
office and rank; an official rank
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
bump (e.g. on forehead); lump; protuberance; swelling
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)