younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
matcha; powdered green tea
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
with a sudden rush; in a mad rush; all at once
mental derangement; madness; insanity
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
area under direct control (of the shogun)
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)