you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
two persons; two people; pair; couple
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
heaven's dispensation; divine providence; plan of nature
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be surprised; to be astonished