usurpation; taking back; dispossession
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to run around; to bustle about
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
to appear all together; to be all present
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
several times; a few times
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
(short) run; drive; ride; spin
condition; state (of health); appearance
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
sunlight filtering through trees
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
windings; meanderings; complications; twists and turns
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
alternately; in succession
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
hot topic; talk of the town
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made