direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
retainer; vassal; servant
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
common people; ordinary people; masses
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
to understand; to make out
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
destination; receiver's address; consignee
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
living up to one's reputation
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
carving; engraving; chiselled features
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
to watch over; to watch attentively
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person