space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
offense; offence; method of attack
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
descendant; scion; lineage
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
descendant; posterity; offspring
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to live through; to survive
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
first generation; founder
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
war; battle; match; game; competition
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
construction; architecture (of buildings)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
great commander; famous commander
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done