eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to like; to love; to be fond of
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
other; another; over; more than; I; me
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
lately; recently; nowadays
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to repeat; to do something over again
clearing one's throat; cough
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
middle of the night; dead of night
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer