urgency; exigency; emergency
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
national border; provincial border
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
way of speaking; intimation
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
secret understanding; collusion; betrayal
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
both; both sides; both parties
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
ago; since; before; previous
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment