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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

3

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

131

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

1

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

209

east

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

5

main office; this office

2

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

1

drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water

1

small; little; tiny

1

samurai residence

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

48

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

100

to stand side by side; to stand in a row

1

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

2

be; is

33

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

5

harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble

5

sound health

1

bell (often globular)

2

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

8

Katsuie

12

ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son

2

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

2

family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables

2

various; many; several

1

spirit; soul; ghost

1

memorial service

1

Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra

1

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

2

the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

77

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

22

immediate follower (of the shogun)

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

56

Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)

1

three years

2

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

1

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

1

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

3

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

13

great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

2

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.

88

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

3

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1