quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
to revere; to respect; to worship
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
hills and fields; countryside
to run around; to bustle about
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
high priest of a great shrine
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
princess; daughter of a nobleman
how; in what way; how about