person of high rank or income
area; region; district; locality
wandering; jobless; unemployed
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
Dōsan Saitō (1494-1556; daimyo)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
righteousness; justice; right
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)
kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to want; to seek; to request
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
hardships; privations; difficulties
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.); considerate; helpful; thoughtful; detailed; scrupulous
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
information; news; report; reward; retribution
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
old relationship; old acquaintance