natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
in good health; alive and well; going strong
relations; members of extended family
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
Nishijin silk fabrics; Nishijin brocade
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
and what is worse; to make matters worse
to fall ill; to be taken ill
Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
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)
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
hard worker; hardworking person
but; however; although; though
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
to be in luck's way; to get lucky
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about