honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
tenement house; row house
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
hard struggle; strenuous effort
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
honorific/polite/humble prefix
master; teacher; stable master
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
two persons; two people; pair; couple
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
don't you think?; indicates question
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress