to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
libertine; playboy; rake; lazy person
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
inheritance; something given or received
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
notebook; account book; register
(amount of a samurai's) stipend
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse