one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
depending on; dependent on
grace; blessing; compassion
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
should; must; -able; probably; likely
congratulation; celebration
exceptionally close friend
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(ceremonial) bow used to drive off evil; toy bow and arrow
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
public morality; social morals; civic virtues
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to wed; to be married; to shift blame to someone else
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
each house; every house; many houses
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
Kagoshima prefecture (Kyushu)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)