person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
to exert oneself; to make efforts
person who is ...; thing that is ...
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become