life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to say; to be called; to do
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
how; in what way; how about
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to face; to go towards; to head towards
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)