poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
all present; all concerned; all of us
news; word; tidings; omen
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
one party; one faction; one clique
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
one by one; one after another; successively
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
scoundrel; rascal; villain
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
again; once more; a second time
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
(Edo-period) town magistrate
face; honour; honor; appearance; look