dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)
Toyotomi Hidetsugu (1568-1595.8.20)
Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
my condolences; my deepest sympathy
break (from work, etc.); recess
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
girl; young (unmarried) woman
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
situated deep in the mountains
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
just; fair; proper; reasonable
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
one's own property; possessions
godparent; first person to give something its name
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
without cause; without reason
to disperse; to take a castle
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to apologize; to apologise
under the orders of; by order (command)