morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
to gain fame; to make one's name
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
firstborn; first child; eldest child
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
physician in private practice; town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
gambling den; gambling house
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
gambler; yakuza; person without a legitimate job
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer