the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
professor; teaching; instruction
several years; a few years
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
advanced level; high grade; senior
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
nothing; nil; naught; nought
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
impossible; unlikely; improbable
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
condition; situation; prospects
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
near; close; beside; third person
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
spare time; free time; leisure
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one