ten; 10; ten years of age
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
group; bunch; crowd; group
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
title of honour; title of honor
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
seniority; precedence; upper seat
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
that is to say; so that means
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
like; similar to; same as
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...