second; number two; runner-up
sales; selling; marketing
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
(Edo-period) town magistrate
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
(government) inspector-general (Edo period); upper superintendent officer
incident; affair; happening; event
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
member of shogun's council of elders
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
river; stream; River; the ... river
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)