abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
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 domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
of course; certainly; naturally
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
too much; excessively; too
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
weight; heavyweight boxer
as (for); for; in the capacity of
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
in accordance with; according to
supervision; superintendence; management; supervisor
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said