noun:

• recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods) - four character idiom

noun:

• surrounding area ［へ・べ］ - archaism
• shore (of the sea) ［へ・べ］

suffix:

• suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. - esp. え,べ

noun:

• fight scene; stage combat; staged sword fight ➜ 殺陣

noun:

• saros (period of approximately 18 years and 11 days between repetition of eclipses)

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

noun:

• compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyouhou shaku and the Matajirou shaku; approx. 30.3 cm) - archaism

particle:

• indicates location of action; at; in - にて is the formal literary form
• indicates time of action
• indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

conjunction:

• and then; so

auxiliary:

• indicates continuing action ［で］ - alternate form of 〜て used for some verb types ➜ て

particle:

• indicates certainty, emphasis, etc. ［で］ - at sentence-end - Kansai dialect ➜ よ

noun:

• ridge of earth between rice fields
• ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel
• footpath between rice fields; causeway - abbreviation ➜ 畦道

noun:

• metal collar mounted between a sword blade and the hand guard

noun:

• perineum; area between sex organs and the anus ➜ 会陰【えいん】
• very narrow passage

noun:

• The Lapland War (between Finland and Germany 1944-1945)

noun:

• interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues - Sports term ➜ セ・パ

noun:

• hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• brave fight; desperate fight

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually)
• to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)

noun:

• challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning

noun:

• licensed trade between Japan and Ming-dynasty China during the Muromachi period

noun:

• usu. the drop between collar and bottom hem on kimono, yukata, etc.

noun:

• having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location (independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• Asura realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六道・阿修羅【あしゅら】

noun:

• The Three Jewels; The Triple Gem; Triratna; The Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns - Buddhism term

noun:

• the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm) - Buddhism term

noun:

• ridges of and paths between fields
• countryside; civilian

noun / ~する noun:

• working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits - four character idiom

expression:

• the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge - proverb