healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
single word; a few words; brief comment
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
sweet yuzu-flavoured steamed dumpling
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
base (military, expedition, etc.)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
moron; idiot; stupid person
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
had better ...; may as well ...
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
manager; steward; factotum; useful person