flying bird; soaring bird
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
young lord; successor of one's current lord
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
-less; lacking; non-existing
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
calamity; misfortune; disaster
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
adopted daughter; foster daughter
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
old person; old-fashioned person
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all