face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
all present; all concerned; all of us
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
(Edo-period) chief minister
insubordination; outlawry
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
former years; formerly; a few years ago
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
person who is ...; thing that is ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
previous ruler; ancestors
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally