house; one's house; one's home; one's family
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
feudal retainer or warrior
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
honorific/polite/humble prefix
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
adds force or indicates command
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
how; in what way; by what means
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)