indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
chief vassal; senior statesman
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
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 be remembered; to go down in history
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
battlefield; battleground
to take command; to give direction