Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
fourth month of the lunar calendar
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
voiced consonant in Japanese
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
seventh month of the lunar calendar
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
troubled times; turbulent times
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
unification of the whole country
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to collect; to assemble; to gather
five (long cylindrical things)