first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
only recently; just recently; only yesterday
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to act young; to look young
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
(arch.) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
exceptionally close friend
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
going to the capital; working in a government office
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
stop it!; enough!; cut it out
calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation