right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
100,000; hundred thousand
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
in the meanwhile; during the time
imperial lands; shogun's demesne
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
important point; strategic position; key point
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
form; shape; figure; visage
decentralization of authority; decentralisation of authority
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
powerful family; powerful clan
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
how; in what way; how about
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
early (days); initial stage; initial
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
local Shinto deity; tutelary god