from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
pottery; earthenware; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)
(within a) territory; domains
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
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 want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for