place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
flying column; detached force
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to order; to command; to appoint
behind; in the rear; in back
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
basin (e.g. between mountains)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
one's own army; one's own team
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately
to indicate; to show; to point to
surroundings; environs; circumference