like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
last line of a poem; finally
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
place where one works; construction site; working area
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
free flow (of water); random talk; nonsense
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
many; much; plenty; hardly
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
rather; sooner; preferably
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)