man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
on the brink of; morning and evening; day and night
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
technique; art; skill; move
technique; art; skill; move
appearance; air; mien; getup
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
nature; property; disposition
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
quiver (worn on the right hip; post-Nara period)
old friend; familiar face
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
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to gather; to collect; to assemble
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
preparation; provision; guarding
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
village; hamlet; countryside; country
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing