800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
descendant; posterity; offspring
government service; the bureaucracy
plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
Sakuma Shouzan (1811-1864)
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
nowadays; these days; at present
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
floor space; area (in tsubo)
to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
unit of land area (approx. one-tenth hectare)
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
3000; three thousand; many
step; stride; counter for steps
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
class; heading; group; category
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to divide into three (parts); to trisect
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
being upright and cleanhanded
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
to complain; to express one's dissatisfaction