first generation; founder
to lay the foundation (for)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
reigning; controlling; dictating
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
blunder; slip; error; error
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to be found; to be discovered
to state; to express; to mention
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
excellent plan; best policy
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence