first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
condensed milk; Soviet Union
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it)
to face on; to look out on to
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
reason; cause; circumstances
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
number of households (houses)
3000; three thousand; many
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
striking; remarkable; considerable
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
Kanshō era (1460.12.21-1466.2.28)
Emperor Go-Hanazono; Go-Hanazono Tenno (1419-1470 CE, reigning: 1428-1464 CE)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
(United States of) America; USA
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification