thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
at a young age; while still young
accession to the throne; enthronement
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
feudal retainer or warrior
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
chieftain (of the Ryukyu Kingdom)
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
scale; scope; plan; structure