party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
established practice; custom
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
existence; possession; having; limited company
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
Katou Kiyomasa (1562-1611)
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
nothing but; except; no more than
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come