young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
otherwise; or else; if not
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
heap; pile; stack; full measure
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
successive generations; successive emperors
legalization; legalisation
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to establish; to formulate
disinheritance; disowning
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
vertical line; bar line (e.g. in music)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted