intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
a pair (of shoes or socks)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
downward glance; contemptuous look
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to be talented; to be able
step; stride; counter for steps
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
depending on; dependent on
imperial order; imperial decree
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to say; to be pleased to say
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
name; given name; first name
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem