another meeting; meeting again; reunion
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
what time; (lit.) which hour
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
fifth day of the month; five days
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
a long time ago; quickly; swiftly
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
this family; we; this house
to serve; to work for; to attend
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
retainer; retinue; servant
reason; cause; history; origin
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
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)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
one's home; one's native province
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
one day; (on) a certain day
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to order; to command; to appoint
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of