unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
congratulation; celebration
fertile; productive; fruitful
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
head house (family); birthplace; originator
allegiance; obedience; submission
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
weakness; feebleness; imbecility
non-volitional; involuntary; spontaneous; unintentional
melancholia; severe depression