lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
issue; offspring; paternal blood
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
council; conference; consultation
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
information; making a report (to a superior)
travelling alone; solitary journey
should not be; must not be
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine