Japanese calendar; Japanese imperial year
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
notice; attention; observation
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
(Edo-period) chief minister
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
various fiefdoms; various domains
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
support; backing; aid; assistance
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
Confucianist; Confucian (scholar)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
sale; sales; selling; marketing