public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
visiting a home or a shrine
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
older brother; you (in ref. to male of greater age or status)
passive; negative; conservative; depolarization
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
all ages; great antiquity; eternity
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
image; figure; figure; form; image
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
reason; cause; circumstances
being very busy; busyness
guess; conjecture; surmise
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
association; society; organization; organisation
New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on January 5, prior to WWII); New Year's party
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
professor; teaching; instruction
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to skip over (while reading); to skim
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
without a break; without stopping; incessantly; ceaselessly