good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
(acupuncture) needle; acupuncture
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
lately; recently; these days
monjayaki; dish of pan-fried batter with various fillings
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to exchange; to interchange
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
one's own child; one's own children
letting (someone) die without helping
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
hometown; rural township (of China)
powerful family; powerful clan
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
family; relatives; dependents; household
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
at that time; in those days
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
area; region; district; locality
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)