building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
political measures; policy
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
strength; power; proficiency; the strength of ... people; the strength of ... men
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
every place; various places
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
etc.; et cetera; and so on
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down