bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to be fast at walking and running; to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs)
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
everything working out as desired
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
(short) run; drive; ride; spin
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to mix; to stir; to blend
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to help each other; to cooperate
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
don't worry; no worries; never mind
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation