noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
common people; ordinary people; masses
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
(another's) daughter; young lady
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
moving tale; impressive tale
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to wed; to be married; to shift blame to someone else
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to make sense; to be meaningful
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person