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
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
upper part; upper region; region above
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
subordinate position; lower position
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
how; in what way; how about
that is to say; so that means