Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to entrust; to leave to a person
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
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)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
such; like that; that sort of; very
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
Okayama (city, prefecture)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryo period); (arch.) alias; (arch.) pseudonym
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...