gambir; gambier; catechu; cutch
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
Matsudaira Hirotada (father of Ieyasu)
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
your coming; coming with happy news; your presence
Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)
bride; one's daughter-in-law
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree); extremely spicy form of chili pepper; variety of high-quality green tea
(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close
establishment; foundation
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away
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
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop
castle site; ruins of a castle
peace conference; peace negotiations
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
being (somewhere); sitting
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
castle construction; building a castle; fortification