great cause; moral law; justice
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
Horibe Yasuhyoue Taketsune
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
than; from; out of; except; but; more
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
fame (for one's bravery); great renown
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
river; stream; River; the ... river
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
best pupil; leading disciple
ago; since; before; previous
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.