I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
husband and wife; married couple
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
attendant; attendance upon another
remembrance; recollection; recognition
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
to be prosperous; to prosper; to flourish; to enjoy great prosperity
foster father; adoptive father
(political) power; authority; influence
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream