rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
in that way; thus; so; so?
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
preparation; arrangements
to entrust; to leave to a person
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
go that far; to that extent
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to say; to be called; to do
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself