to concern; to be related
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
magistrate; shogunate administrator
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
book; volume; this; present; main; head
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
(period of) a year; during an era
3000; three thousand; many
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to join forces; to cooperate
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
such; like that; that sort of; very
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every