towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
urgency; exigency; emergency
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
coincident with; while; simultaneously
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
branch office; branch store
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
Furukawa Ichibee (1832.4.16-1903.4.5)
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
diligence; assiduity; pinching; hard toil
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
different opinion; objection
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance