to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
15th day of the 8th lunar month; eighth month of the lunar calendar
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
issue; offspring; paternal blood
position; location; base; point; site
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
founder of dynasty or sect
national border; provincial border
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
possession; occupation; occupancy
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to govern; to manage; to subdue
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
it is not (like that) either
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
wokou; wakou; Japanese pirates of the Middle Ages
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
connection; link; relationship
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
influenced (by); under an influence
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace