recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
tenement house; row house
preparation; arrangements
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
to be found; to be discovered
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
a Buddha; deceased person
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
bravery; courage; heroism
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen