protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to succeed; to bear fruit
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
express dispatch; urgent correspondence
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
high rice field; very fertile rice field
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
river; stream; River; the ... river
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
verbal message; word (from someone)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536-1565), Shougun 1545-1565
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
spring day; spring sunlight
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with