headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
name; given name; first name
late at night; small hours of the morning
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
not limited to; not just ...
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
one's later years; final years (in life)
best pupil; leading disciple
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
this family; our family; this house; we
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution