to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
even more; still more; further
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
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)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
(medical) doctor; physician
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else