to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
meaning; significance; sense
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
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
two persons; two people; pair; couple
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to order; to command; to appoint
please (give me); please (do for me)
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
one way or the other; either way
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
(present) head of a family
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
commander; general; leader
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age