Kōji era (1555.10.23-1558.2.28)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
Dōsan Saitō (1494-1556; daimyo)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to face; to go towards; to head towards
legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)