to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
prohibition; inhibition; ban
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
proclamation; promulgation
conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft; Conscription Ordinance (1873-1927)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
turning into a cooler state; cooling down
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
of course; certainly; naturally
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to call each other; to call out to one another
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain (Edo period); change of constituency (politician); change of district
northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
dominion; territory; possession
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)