preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
that is to say; so that means
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
when it becomes; when it comes to
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
early (days); initial stage; initial
Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
Hyogo prefecture (Kinki area) (Hyougo)
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to live; to reside; to inhabit
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
third day of the month; three days
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
law; ban; prohibition; ordinance
protest; refutation; pleading
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
the same; the said; likewise
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
three generations; three periods; third generation