suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to encamp; to take up positions
Tottori (city, prefecture)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)
entering the capital; entering Tokyo
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
ability; capability; skill
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
ago; since; before; previous
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly