Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
considerably; fairly; quite
to become better; to improve
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to gather; to collect; to assemble
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
as; because; with; due to
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
program (e.g. TV); programme
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common