Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
family; relatives; dependents; household
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
lower government office (ritsuryo system); servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; servant of an urban family; serf
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
independence; self-reliance
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
family which supports a temple; parishioner
this is why; this means; it is the case that
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
book; volume; this; present; main; head
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
settlement; solution; resolution
to give; to do (something) for
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
gold; gold coin; gold colour (color)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
war; battle; match; game; competition
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for