these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
Momotarou (legendary Japanese folk-tale hero)
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
unusual name; strange name; unconventional name
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
duty; obligation; responsibility
what's that?; what the...
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various