muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
letter; missive; note; mail
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
blackmail; extortion; persistent demand
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
illegitimate child; secret love child
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
several years; a few years
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to say; to be called; to do
and; thereupon; because of that
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
had better ...; had better not ...