origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt