theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
honorific/polite/humble prefix
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
rule over the whole country
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
going into battle; departure for the front
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
this world; this life; world of the living
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
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.)
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state