Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine); pulmonary tuberculosis
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
honorific/polite/humble prefix
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case