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恵信

| x6 | Rank #235,068

Shigenobu ; Yoshinobu

安(あん)危(き)

| x1 | Rank #109,269

fate; safety; welfare

の

| x387 | Rank #1

indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; indicates a confident conclusion ; indicates emotional emphasis ; indicates question

分(わ)かれ目(め)

| x1 | Rank #37,189

fork; junction; parting of the ways ; turning point

と

| x114 | Rank #6

if; when ; and ; with ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; promoted pawn ; indicates a question

申(もう)す

| x10 | Rank #1,081

to say; to be called ; to do

か

| x84 | Rank #10

indicates a question ; or; whether or not ; some- (e.g. something, someone) ; hmm; huh ; very ; -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y ; in that way

それ

| x15 | Rank #23

that; it ; then; that point (in time); that time ; there ; you

は

| x226 | Rank #2

indicates sentence topic ; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ; adds emphasis

元(げん)久(きゅう)

| x1 | Rank #178,170

Genkyū era (1204.2.20-1206.4.27)

年(とし)

| x5 | Rank #151

year ; age; years ; past one's prime; old age

に

| x239 | Rank #5

at (place, time); in; on; during ; to (direction, state); toward; into ; for (purpose) ; because of (reason); for; with ; by; from ; as (i.e. in the role of) ; per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month") ; and; in addition to ; if; although

叡山

| x2 | Rank #68,271

Eizan

荒(あら)法(ほう)師(し)

| x2 | Rank #123,678

ferocious (armed) monk

が

| x170 | Rank #4

indicates the subject of a sentence ; indicates possession ; but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while ; and ; used after an introductory remark or explanation ; regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ... ; indicates a desire or hope ; softens a statement ; indicates doubt ; indicates scorn

国(くに)

| x6 | Rank #895

country; state ; region ; national government; central government ; home (i.e. hometown, home country) ; province (of Japan) ; land; earth

て

| x22 | Rank #16

you said; he said; she said; they said ; even if ; do you seriously think that ; I already told you; you should know by now that; of course ; the said ...; said ... ; says that ... ; I hear that ... ; as for the term ... ; as for ...

念(ねん)仏(ぶつ)

| x16 | Rank #28,170

nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha ; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

禁(きん)止(し)

| x1 | Rank #1,746

prohibition; inhibition; ban

令(れい)

| x1 | Rank #10,635

command; order; dictation ; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)

を

| x211 | Rank #3

indicates direct object of action ; indicates subject of causative expression ; indicates an area traversed ; indicates time (period) over which action takes place ; indicates point of departure or separation of action ; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

ひく

| x1 | Rank #2,853

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

こと

| x70 | Rank #14

thing; matter ; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis ; circumstances; situation; state of affairs ; work; business; affair ; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to ; nominalizing suffix ; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ; alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or ; necessity; need ; you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...

始(はじ)まる

| x3 | Rank #476

to begin; to start; to commence ; to happen (again); to begin (anew) ; to date (from); to originate (in)

思(おも)う

| x6 | Rank #58

to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon ; to think (of doing); to plan (to do) ; to judge; to assess; to regard ; to imagine; to suppose; to dream ; to expect; to look forward to ; to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want ; to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love ; to recall; to remember

寄(よ)せては返(かえ)す

| x1 | Rank #44,383

to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)

波(なみ)

| x1 | Rank #2,411

wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell ; ups and downs ; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes ; tendency; (new) wave

ように

| x7 | Rank #95

like; as ; so that; in order that; so as to; in order to ; be sure to ; I hope (that); I pray (that); may

上(しょう)人(にん)

| x1 | Rank #55,770

holy priest; saint

浄(じょう)土(ど)

| x4 | Rank #62,908

pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise ; Pure Land Buddhism

門(もん)

| x2 | Rank #2,949

gate ; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master ; division; phylum ; counter for cannons

対(たい)象(しょう)

| x1 | Rank #2,634

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage

弾(だん)圧(あつ)

| x1 | Rank #26,270

oppression; suppression; pressure

狙(ねら)い撃(う)ち

| x1 | Rank #19,503

sharpshooting; shooting; sniping ; setting a goal and carrying it out

いたす

| x7 | Rank #703

to do

夫(おっと)

| x2 | Rank #1,895

husband

善信

| x29 | Rank #137,886

Yoshinobu

殿(どの)

| x38 | Rank #2,681

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

も

| x82 | Rank #7

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence) ; both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) ; even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than ; even if; even though; although; in spite of ; further; more; again; another; the other

見(み)せかけ

| x1 | Rank #21,346

seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

仏(ぶっ)教(きょう)

| x1 | Rank #26,524

Buddhism

姿(すがた)

| x7 | Rank #386

figure; form; shape ; appearance; dress; guise ; state; condition; picture; image ; form (of a waka) ; dressed in ...; wearing ...

とる

| x2 | Rank #416

to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold ; to pass; to hand; to give ; to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation) ; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose ; to remove; to get rid of; to take off ; to take away; to steal; to rob ; to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins) ; to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop) ; to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside ; to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep

邪(じゃ)道(どう)

| x1 | Rank #21,384

improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method ; evil course; evil path; heresy

だ

| x91 | Rank #9

be; is

こんな

| x3 | Rank #85

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

では

| x9 | Rank #77

then; well; so; well then ; bye then ; at; in; by; with; using ; if not ...; unless ...

仏(ぶっ)法(ぽう)

| x3 | Rank #80,418

Buddhist teachings; Buddhism

もさることながら

| x1 | Rank #21,363

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

世(よ)

| x2 | Rank #1,953

world; society; public ; life; lifetime ; age; era; period; epoch; generation ; reign; rule ; the times ; world (of existence)

法(ほう)

| x5 | Rank #2,451

law; act; principle ; method ; mood ; dharma; law

しまい

| x1 | Rank #9,058

sisters

日(ひ)々(び)

| x3 | Rank #1,412

daily; everyday ; days (e.g. of one's youth) ; every day; day after day; day by day; from day to day

嘆(なげ)く

| x1 | Rank #6,095

to lament; to grieve; to regret ; to deplore

たまたま

| x1 | Rank #1,468

by chance; by accident; accidentally; happen to (be, do); unexpectedly; casually ; occasionally; once in a while; now and then

御(ご)所(しょ)

| x1 | Rank #43,056

imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc. ; emperor; ex-emperor; empress; imperial prince; shogun; minister

女(にょう)房(ぼう)

| x3 | Rank #4,961

wife (esp. one's own wife) ; court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace ; woman (esp. as a love interest)

出(しゅっ)家(け)

| x1 | Rank #33,632

entering the priesthood ; priest; monk; bonze

で

| x36 | Rank #8

at; in ; at; when ; by; with

たち

| x9 | Rank #158

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

よこしま

| x1 | Rank #24,316

wicked; evil; wrong; bad

憎(にく)しみ

| x1 | Rank #4,736

hatred

堤(つつみ)

| x1 | Rank #32,210

bank; embankment; dike

切(き)る

| x3 | Rank #555

to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery) ; to sever (connections, ties) ; to turn off (e.g. the light) ; to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ; to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub) ; to open (something sealed) ; to start ; to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.) ; to reduce; to decrease; to discount ; to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain

のです

| x17 | Rank #456

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

安(あん)楽(らく)

| x2 | Rank #39,446

comfort; ease

含(ふく)める

| x1 | Rank #2,091

to include (in a group or scope) ; to instruct; to make one understand ; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication) ; to put in (someone's) mouth ; to permeate with flavor

者(しゃ)

| x4 | Rank #526

person; -er ; expert; geisha; prostitute

４(よ)人(にん)

| x3 | Rank #2,122

four people

首(くび)

| x5 | Rank #881

neck ; head ; dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking

はねる

| x2 | Rank #7,169

to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop ; to break up; to close; to come to an end ; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

８(はち)人(にん)

| x1 | Rank #11,554

eight people

処(しょ)刑(けい)

| x1 | Rank #6,698

execution

その

| x30 | Rank #24

that; the ; part (as in "part two") ; um ...; er ...; uh ...

うち

| x3 | Rank #148

inside; within ; while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of ; among; amongst; (out) of; between ; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success) ; within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts ; we; our company; our organization ; one's home; one's family ; my spouse; my husband; my wife ; signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife ; I; me

１(ひと)人(り)

| x1 | Rank #592

one person ; being alone; being by oneself ; being single; being unmarried ; by oneself; alone ; just; only; simply

として

| x4 | Rank #152

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of) ; apart from ... (used to change the topic) ; even (e.g. "not even a single person") ; thinking that ...; trying to ...

越後

| x5 | Rank #39,177

Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

島(しま)流(なが)し

| x4 | Rank #36,187

exile; banishment

する

| x22 | Rank #15

to do; to carry out; to perform ; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) ; to serve as; to act as; to work as ; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) ; to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as ; to decide on; to choose ; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) ; to be (in a state, condition, etc.) ; to be worth; to cost ; to pass (of time); to elapse

しまう

| x3 | Rank #512

to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close ; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up ; to put away; to put back; to keep; to store ; to do completely; to finish ; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

射(しゃ)

| x6 | Rank #18,024

archery ; mapping ; map; morphism; arrow

鹿(しか)

| x8 | Rank #9,601

deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

聖徳太子

| x1 | Rank #49,501

Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku

教(おし)え

| x2 | Rank #5,259

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

には

| x32 | Rank #33

to; for; on; in; at ; in order to; for ; as for; regarding ; while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but)

長(ちょう)者(じゃ)

| x1 | Rank #33,468

millionaire ; one's superior; one's elder; one's senior ; virtuous and gentle person ; female owner of a whorehouse in a post town ; chief of a post town

や

| x27 | Rank #65

such things as ...; and ... and ; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as ; be; is ; o; oh ; huh; what ; hi ; yes; what? ; yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it?

卑(ひ)賤(せん)

| x1 | Rank #83,183

low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)

身(み)

| x14 | Rank #597

one's body; one's person ; oneself; one's appearance ; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position ; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)

なり

| x2 | Rank #925

to be ; to be (at a location) ; sum of money

仏(ほとけ)

| x5 | Rank #7,792

Buddha; Shakyamuni ; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha ; the dead; dead person; departed soul ; merciful person

広(ひろ)める

| x1 | Rank #7,353

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to disseminate ; to broaden; to extend; to widen; to enlarge

なん

| x4 | Rank #262

what ; how many ; many; a lot of ; several; a few; some