(なり) (aux-v) (1) (uk) (arch) (meaning 〜だ、〜である) to be (an affirmation); (2) (uk) (arch) (meaning 〜にある、〜にいる. Usu. なる) (See なる・1) to be (location); (n,suf) (3) (usu. 也) sum of money (used to express an exact sum on a receipt, envelope, certificate, etc.) [EDICT]
(yě, ㄧㄝˇ) also; too; (in classical Chinese) final particle serving as copula [CE-DICT]
是
(これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT]
(め) (suf) (1) (uk) derogatory suffix (referring to others) (e.g. "damn; damned fool"); (2) humble suffix (referring to oneself) [EDICT]
(やっこ) (n) (1) servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); (2) chivalrous man (c. Edo period); (3) (abbr) (See 奴豆腐) cubed tofu (often served cold); (4) (abbr) (See 奴凧) kite shaped like a footman; (5) (abbr) (See 奴頭) Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; (6) enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (pn) (7) (arch) (derog) he; she; him; her [EDICT]
(yì, ㄧˋ) forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; a servant (in former times); a war; a campaign; a battle [CE-DICT]
