questions and answers; dialogue
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity
all (there is); as long as there is
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
in the same way as; just like
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to subsist; to keep on living
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief
in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
income; receipts; revenue
food and clothing; livelihood; living; to feed and clothe
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
moving about; stirring about
share; portion; quota; cut
servile submission; subservience
God's gift; God's blessing; grace of God; godsend
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both