to be able to manage somehow or another
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
help; assistance; service
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
castella (type of sponge cake)
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
every month; each month; monthly
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious