this and that; all kinds of things; one thing and another
farmland; rice field or paddy
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
madness; insanity; madman; mania; craze; obsession
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to subsist; to keep on living
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
together with; same; both; all; including ...
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
about this time; about now
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
poor peasant; peasant farmer
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
two swords; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; bisexual (person)
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to be hurt (of honour, reputation, etc.); to be harmed; to be sullied
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
lately; recently; these days
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
unexpected; unforeseen; rude; impolite
can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to (a place); until (a time)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
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
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation