stupid brat; mischievous kid; troublemaker
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
each (every) time; whenever
to grow up; to become an adult
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
measurement error; calculation error
military science; strategy; tactics
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
employer's house; master's house
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
appearance or style of a house
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
a long time ago; in those days
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
high window; clerestory window
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
ronin; masterless samurai
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to employ; to hire; to charter
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts