to collect; to assemble; to gather
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
than; from; out of; except; but; more
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
money; coin; dough; moolah; brass
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to have a talk; to tell a story
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
person who is ...; thing that is ...
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to cut; to slit; to cut open
major powers of the world; great powers
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
first warbling heard in a New Year
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)