moat; fosse; canal; ditch
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
former years; formerly; a few years ago
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
correction; rectification; mending; repair
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
society; the world; the times
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
such; like that; that sort of; very
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
your body; your health; yourself; you
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie