regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
memory; sense; experience
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
office and rank; an official rank
receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
founder; organizer; organiser
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
one cause; one reason; one factor
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
resources; maneuver; manoeuvre
the first and second; a few
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
pus; corruption; rot; evils
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
grey wall covering material (gray)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
how; in what way; how about
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
used paper; paper for recycling
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
descendant; posterity; offspring
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
early (days); initial stage; initial
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify