mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
going into battle; departure for the front
severe punishment; rigorous measures
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.)
to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
talk; story; conversation
to consult somebody; to talk something over
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
already; now; no longer; not any more
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
than; other than; except; but
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.