trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
I see; that's right; indeed
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
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
retainer; retinue; servant
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
samurai; warrior; military family
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
in comparison to; rather than
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone