not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
the Japanese syllabary symbols
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
war; fighting; fierce competition
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
story; tale; talk; discussion
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
to repeat; to do something over again
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
source of funds; resources; finances
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)
licensed trade between Japan and Ming-dynasty China during the Muromachi period
interruption; suspension; break
ban on maritime activities during China's Ming and Qing dynasties
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
foreign ship (esp. of Spanish and Portuguese ships arriving from the south prior to the Edo period)
reaching; attaining; arrival
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
scale; scope; plan; structure