Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
than; from; out of; except; but; more
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
to serve; to work for; to attend
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.)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)