responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
unless one ...; if one does not ...
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
hills and fields; hill and dale
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
to send back; to refer back
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
being imprisoned; being sent to prison
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
if so; in that case; in that situation
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
pleased to make your acquaintance
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
marine traffic; sea traffic
important point; strategic position; key point
Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity (March 31, 1854); Convention of Kanagawa; Kanagawa Treaty; treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that ended Japan's policy of national seclusion
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate