to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
suppression; repression; subjugation
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
fifth day of the month; five days
saltpan; field for drying salt
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
high rice field; very fertile rice field
military forces; hosts; troops
3000; three thousand; many
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
scale; scope; plan; structure
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
fortress; stronghold; citadel
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
welcome!; nice to see you!
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
main shrine; inner sanctuary
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
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
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons