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greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from someone ; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address ; reply; response ; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.) ; revenge; retaliation ; a fine thing to say ; dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) ; relationship (between people); connection ; intervention; mediation; mediator

さよう

x1 | Rank #6,455

so; like that ; that's right; indeed ; let me see...

忠朝

x1 | Rank #183,374

Tadatomo

何(なに)

x2 | Rank #31

what ; you-know-what; that thing ; whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name ; penis; (one's) thing; dick ; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest ; what?; huh? ; hey!; come on! ; oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)

おかしい

x1 | Rank #614

funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous ; strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; wrong; unusual; eccentric ; wrong; unsuitable; improper; inappropriate; unbecoming ; suspicious

先(さき)ほど

x1 | Rank #1,582

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

娘(むすめ)

x2 | Rank #416

daughter ; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

際(さい)

x1 | Rank #1,656

occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when

大(だい)名(みょう)

x2 | Rank #12,856

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

供(とも)に

x1 | Rank #40,132

together; jointly ; at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with ; both

男(だん)装(そう)

x1 | Rank #24,940

disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing

最(さい)初(しょ)

x1 | Rank #385

beginning; outset; first; onset

にとって

x1 | Rank #520

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

邪(じゃ)魔(ま)

x1 | Rank #724

hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption; interference ; to visit (someone's home) ; demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

改(かい)易(えき)

x1 | Rank #69,846

loss of samurai status and confiscation of territory and property (Edo-period punishment)

転(てん)封(ぽう)

x1 | Rank #155,994

forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain

好(こう)都(つ)合(ごう)

x1 | Rank #10,309

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

後(こう)継(けい)

x4 | Rank #34,281

succession ; successor

育(そだ)つ

x2 | Rank #2,660

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

となる

x1 | Rank #931

to become; to be

親(しん)藩(ぱん)

x1 | Rank #116,949

feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch

中(なか)にも

x1 | Rank #10,143

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else) ; at the same time; simultaneously; at once; both

お家(うち)

x2 | Rank #5,183

your home; your family; their home; their family ; (my) home

断(だん)絶(ぜつ)

x1 | Rank #23,161

extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation ; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off; (generation) gap

危(あや)ぶむ

x1 | Rank #35,290

to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

皆(みんな)

x7 | Rank #419

everyone; everybody; all ; everything; all

もはや

x2 | Rank #1,378

already; now ; no longer; not any more

一(いち)時(じ)

x1 | Rank #4,529

one o'clock ; once; at one time; formerly; before ; for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the moment; temporarily ; a time; one time; once

女(じょ)子(し)

x2 | Rank #1,039

woman; girl

立(た)つ

x1 | Rank #602

to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up ; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on) ; to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); to position oneself ; to leave (to do something) ; to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start ; to get stuck (into; of an arrow, thorn etc.); to pierce ; to develop (of a haze, waves, etc.); to form (of steam, bubbles, etc.); to appear (of a rainbow, clouds, etc.); to rise (of smoke, waves, etc.); to begin to blow (of a wind, breeze, etc.) ; to spread (of a rumour, reputation, etc.); to be become widely known ; to stand (for election); to run ; to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself

正盛

x1 | Rank #133,189

Masamori

あくまでも

x1 | Rank #5,103

to the last; persistency; thoroughness

次(じ)代(だい)

x1 | Rank #28,969

the next era

つなぎ

x1 | Rank #28,756

link; connection; tie; bond; contact ; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.) ; thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; liaison ; hedging; hedge ; overalls; coveralls; boiler suit ; intermission (in kabuki); interval

その間(あいだ)

x1 | Rank #3,232

in the meanwhile; during the time

探(さが)す

x1 | Rank #662

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek ; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to fish around

養(よう)子(し)

x1 | Rank #8,931

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

迎(むか)える

x1 | Rank #1,419

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail ; to call for; to summon; to invite ; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife) ; to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)

ばか

x1 | Rank #952

idiot; moron; fool ; stupid; foolish; dull; absurd; ridiculous ; trivial; insignificant; disappointing ; malfunctioning; defective; losing sensation ; incredibly; unusually; exceptionally ; fervent enthusiast; nut; person singularly obsessed with something ; Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)

人(ひと)たち

x1 | Rank #864

people

父(ちち)親(おや)

x1 | Rank #997

father

家(か)業(ぎょう)

x1 | Rank #26,468

family business; family trade ; one's occupation; one's trade

受(う)け継(つ)ぐ

x1 | Rank #5,468

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

暮(く)らし

x1 | Rank #3,834

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

そう

x1 | Rank #438

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

下(しも)々(じも)

x1 | Rank #25,233

the lower classes; the common people

商(しょう)人(にん)

x1 | Rank #3,107

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

ともかく

x1 | Rank #1,864

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may ; apart from ...; setting ... aside

戦(せん)場(じょう)

x1 | Rank #1,922

battlefield; battleground

働(はたら)き

x1 | Rank #5,712

work; labor; labour ; achievement; performance; ability; talent ; salary; income; earnings ; action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion ; conjugation; inflection

本(ほん)分(ぶん)

x1 | Rank #21,610

one's duty; one's part

とする

x1 | Rank #649

to try to ...; to be about to do ... ; to decide to ... ; to take as; to treat as; to regard as ; to use for ; to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume ; to decide that; to think that ; to make into; to change into ; to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like ; to intend; to have the intention

武(ぶ)家(け)

x1 | Rank #16,944

samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock ; samurai; warrior

家(か)督(とく)

x1 | Rank #28,027

heir; successor ; family estate; family fortune; inheritance ; headship of a family

継(つ)ぐ

x1 | Rank #3,181

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow ; to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair ; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath)

余(あま)る

x1 | Rank #5,614

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

いくらでも

x1 | Rank #3,837

as many as one likes; as much as one likes ; great many; plenty; to any degree; in unlimited quantities; any amount (of); any number (of) ; almost (none); (not) much ; no matter how much; no matter how big or small

側(そば)女(め)

x1 | Rank #67,462

mistress; kept woman; concubine ; close female servant

存(そん)続(ぞく)

x2 | Rank #12,422

continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

婆(ばば)

x3 | Rank #5,527

old woman ; joker (in old maid)

５(ご)人(にん)

x1 | Rank #2,954

five people

生(う)まれる

x1 | Rank #865

to be born

やっと

x1 | Rank #807

at last; finally ; barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth

ほう

x1 | Rank #458

direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) ; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part ; type; category ; field (of study, etc.) ; indicates one side of a comparison ; way; method; manner; means ; length (of each side of a square)

側(そく)室(しつ)

x1 | Rank #20,486

concubine (of a noble)

あまた

x1 | Rank #16,283

many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous

難(むずか)しい

x1 | Rank #804

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.) ; impossible; unfeasible ; fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased ; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look) ; dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable ; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

うなる

x1 | Rank #11,160

to groan; to moan ; to roar; to howl; to growl ; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to whiz; to sough; to make a low, dull sound ; to ooh and aah (in admiration) ; to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation) ; to be about to burst; to overflow

世(よ)の中(なか)

x1 | Rank #1,750

society; the world; the times

戦(せん)国(ごく)乱(らん)世(せい)

x1 | Rank #127,466

turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period

そもそも

x1 | Rank #791

in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio ; after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") ; beginning; start

戦(いくさ)

x1 | Rank #2,187

war; battle; campaign; fight ; troops; forces

兵(へい)

x1 | Rank #1,544

(common) soldier; rank and file ; army; troops ; warfare; strategy

集(あつ)める

x1 | Rank #1,211

to collect; to assemble; to gather

むしろ

x1 | Rank #967

rather; better; instead; if anything

これ以(い)上(じょう)

x1 | Rank #798

any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer

体(たい)制(せい)

x1 | Rank #9,397

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

揺(ゆ)るがす

x1 | Rank #16,125

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

ませ

x1 | Rank #7,825

please ; used to increase the politeness of a greeting

ぬ

x1 | Rank #2,290

not

以(い)前(ぜん)

x1 | Rank #960

before; prior to; ago ; the past; before; previously; former times

とおり

x1 | Rank #1,472

street; road; avenue; thoroughfare ; traffic; coming and going ; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running ; transmission (of sound); reach (of voice) ; reputation; favor; favour; popularity ; understanding; comprehension; comprehensibility; clarity ; the same way (as); as (follows, stated, expected, etc.) ; counter for sets of things ; counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.

非(ひ)常(じょう)

x1 | Rank #2,165

emergency ; extreme; great; extraordinary; remarkable; unusual; terrible; severe

徳川

x1 | Rank #7,107

Tokukawa ; Tokugaha ; Tokugawa

治(ち)世(せい)

x1 | Rank #44,769

rule; reign ; peaceful times

一(いっ)夫(ぷ)多(た)妻(さい)

x2 | Rank #76,695

polygamy; polygyny

進(すす)める

x2 | Rank #1,653

to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward ; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to make progress in; to further; to advance; to hasten; to speed up ; to raise; to elevate; to promote; to develop; to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite)

統(とう)合(ごう)

x1 | Rank #15,144

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis