end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
ordinary; common; mediocre
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to lose one's presence of mind; be flummoxed; to get flustered
sword; blade; single stroke
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
family; relatives; dependents; household
people from one's hometown
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
servant in charge of footwear
to employ; to hire (a servant)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
cannot be compared with; no match for
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services