this family; our family; this house; we
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
secret; private; surreptitious
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
successively; one after another
restoration of imperial rule; Restoration (England)
rebellion; great uprising
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
group; bunch; crowd; group
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
moment by moment; hour by hour
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
ten; 10; ten years of age
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
(a person's) family background; lineage
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
magistrate; shogunate administrator
to be astonished; to be amazed
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last