government official; clerk
to settle (in a place); to settle down
further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
ability; capability; skill
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
generation; the world; the age
number one; first; best; most; game; round
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
to visit frequently; to haunt
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
and yet; though; when; in spite of
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
sleeping together in a huddle
liquor consumed in a teahouse
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
scenery; scene; landscape
to happen to have on hand or in stock