quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
snell (fishing); leader; trace; cast
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
again and again; repeatedly
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital