October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
preparation; arrangements
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
how; in what way; how about
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to attack; to assault; to assail
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
land near a castle; castle town
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace