only; merely; but; no more than
autumn breeze; fall breeze
attendance (at a meeting)
many samurai; many gentlefolk
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
opening a business; opening a practice
league; federation; union; alliance
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to be left blooming; to remain on the stem
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
rich (design); beautiful; splendid
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to lie scattered; to be strewn about
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to rest in peace; to attain eternal rest; to gain recognition; to get on in the world
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)
that is to say; so that means
impossible; unlikely; improbable
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
unbroken; endless; continuous
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder