Hōei era (1704.3.13-1711.4.25)
televising; broadcasting; airing
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)
bad news; news of a death; death notice
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
year of a person's birth; number of years since one's birth; age
another family; another house
father and mother; parents
older brother; elder brother
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
other; another; over; more than; I; me
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
official daily gazette; official telegram
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son