China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
journey; route of a journey
any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
meeting hall; assembly hall
mourning (dead persons); memorial
married woman; woman; lady
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
Fire Horse (43rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
large family; extended family
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
thousand years; very long period; forever
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari