pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
national border; provincial border
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
older brother; elder brother
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to summon; to get used to call
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to state; to express; to mention
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
messenger; envoy; emissary
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)