painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
knowing; (an) acquaintance
fate; chance; relationship; tie
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
than; other than; except; but
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
unexpected meeting; coincidence
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
one's course; one's path; one's road
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
important point; strategic position; key point
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
early (days); initial stage; initial
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
judge; magistrate; (arch.) 3rd grade official (ritsuryo system); (arch.) assistant district officer; (arch.) inspector
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
descendant; scion; lineage
to state; to express; to mention