younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
royal prince; crown prince's younger brother
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
the lower classes; the common people
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
festival merrymaking; revelry
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
if you think about it; come to think of it
national holiday; festival day
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to make merry; to be festive
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little