young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
tingling; stinging; pungently
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
young lord; successor of one's current lord
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to hand over; to surrender
other side; opposite side; other party
diving; submerging; going underwater
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
because of; owing to; due to
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
scandal; deplorable event
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
hanging scroll; kakemono; bed covering (quilt, futon, blanket, etc.); sugared sweets
nervousness; oversensitivity
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
grade of wood; quality of wood; cut end (of a piece of wood)
beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms
construction; architecture (of buildings)
estimate (of costs); budget
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint