miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
little by little; bit by bit
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
myself; yourself; I; me; you
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
both (people); the two of them
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
(government) inspector-general (Edo period); upper superintendent officer
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist