disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
laws established by daimyo applicable only in their own domain (during the Warring States period)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
development; exploitation
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
midway; halfway through; in the course of
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
good; goodness; right; virtue
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
attendance; participation; presence
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to repeat; to be frequent
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close
while alive; during one's lifetime
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
remains; corpse; (dead) body