if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
reason; cause; circumstances
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
troubled times; turbulent times
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
older brother; elder brother
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)