eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to devise; to plot; to plan
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
to state; to express; to mention
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to pick up; to find; to gather
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
the lower classes; the common people
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
since when; from when; how long
ninth day of the month; nine days
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
the others; the remainder
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
superstition; superstitious belief
one's own child; one's own children
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time