farmer; farming family; farmhouse
piece; fragment; one (object)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
Heian period (794-1185); imperial court in the Heian period
one's possessions; ownership
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
new invention (discovery)
Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
tank (military vehicle); chariot
diversion to military use
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
large quantity; large amount
to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up; to drag towards oneself; to pull nearer
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to mow; to reap; to harvest
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy