ancestor; forefather; foremother
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
trough; gutter; water pipe; flume; chute
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
honorific affix; honorific prefix
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
this family; we; this house
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
base (military, expedition, etc.)
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
secret; private; surreptitious
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
successively; one after another
restoration of imperial rule; (in English history) the Restoration
rebellion; great uprising
group; bunch; crowd; group
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
those (near the second person)
goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank
in comparison to; rather than
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar