morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
disinheritance; disowning
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
acquaintance; appreciative friend
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
finger marks; dirt from the hands
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
four corners; four ordinal directions
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize