turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
establishment; settlement
one large ...; a great ...
armaments; military preparations
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
something like ...; something called ...
every month; each month; monthly
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
territory; domain; dominion; possession
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
essence; true nature; substance; reality
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo
forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)