(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
restlessly; restively; agitated; fidgety
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
to shed tears; to be moved to tears
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
decorative Japanese cord made from twisted paper; Antenoron filiforme; Polygonum filiforme
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
Tanshū (the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
rikka; formal style of ikebana
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired