is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
plural; multiple; several
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
for example; for instance; e.g.
succession struggle; succession race
rule; reign; government; governing
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
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)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
in that way; thus; so; so?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
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)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap