teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
in case of; at that time; at this time
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
employer's house; master's house
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
war; fighting; fierce competition
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
(within a) territory; domains
hypothetical or imaginary enemy
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
development; exploitation
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
pair; the two; both persons; both things
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth