autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
like; similar to; same as
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
samurai; warrior; military family
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
reason; cause; circumstances
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
moron; idiot; stupid person
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
start; leaving; marching off
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)