to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
should; must; -able; probably; likely
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
head of family; originator
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
reduction of salt; sodium restriction
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
cheap literature; writing for amusement; light literature popular in the late Edo period
kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton