kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
newcomer; initiate; rookie
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
from the beginning; from scratch
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
how many years; how long; what year
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to keep a house; to run a household
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
look!; there!; here!; that is
this occasion; at this time; now
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
that; the matter in question
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
honor; honour; credit; prestige
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
how; in what way; how about; questionable
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch