abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
doing whatever one pleases
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
overseas student; exchange student
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
name; given name; first name
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
meaning; significance; sense
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
as a child; when one was a child
small quantity; little; little while; short distance