to make merry; to be festive
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
kaya (Torreya nucifera); Japanese nutmeg tree
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
number one; first; best; most; game; round
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
deserted village; poor village
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
welcome!; nice to see you!
to gather; to collect; to assemble
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
thereupon; shortly thereafter
uninhabited island; desert island
originally; by nature; from the start
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt