ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
to serve; to work for; to attend
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
troublesome; bothersome; burdensome
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household