house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
the other day; a few days ago
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
high rice field; very fertile rice field
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
don't you think?; indicates question
should not be; must not be
parental love or affection
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
retainer; retinue; servant
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
that; the matter in question
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert