home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
thousand years; very long period; forever
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
Dragon King; promoted rook
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery; signature mark (crest) used by members of the imperial family to mark their belongings; a sign (with honorific 'o')
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
father; dad; husband; you; he
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
family; members of a family
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
one's person; around one's person
Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very