postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to save; to leave over; to spare
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
no exception; without exception; always the same
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
this world; this life; world of the living
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
a long time ago; in those days
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
family name; house name; family honour; family honor