detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
(Edo-period) town magistrate
to praise to the skies; to extol
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
town girl; girl raised in a town
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
beautiful woman; pretty girl
clearing one's throat; cough
one's husband; one's wife
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to emphasize; to attach importance to
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
in a quarrel, both parties are to blame
law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
(how) many times; (how) often
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
serious; severe; grave; acute
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture