to approach; to draw near
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
head house (family); birthplace; originator
to move (house); to change residence
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
sneaking a bite; snitching food
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
meal set before one; women's advances
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bringing; taking; carrying
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing