poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
ago; since; before; previous
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
rebellion; great uprising
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
financial difficulty; distress
manufacture; preparation; execution (an order)
sales; selling; marketing
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
meritorious deed; services
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
snivel; nasal mucus; snot
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
facing north; northern exposure
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to face on; to look out on to
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase