the start / a high place; the top / one with higher rank

the first volume in a two- or three-volume set

(grammar) Short for 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō): upper monograde conjugation

one day

万: all

晩: nights

晩: evening / 番: one's turn / 幡: / 盤: board; disc; tray / 鷭: common moorhen / 判: size of paper or books

伴: a surname / 塙: a surname

版: edition, version / 番: ordinal suffix

万死: critical state of the life; thousands of deaths- literally ten thousands of death