spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
young master; son of a high-ranking person
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
first of all; in the first place
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)