provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
preparation; arrangements
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
follower; attendant; valet; servant
of tender years; very young
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to accept; to receive; to agree
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to come into being; to be born
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
blood relationship; blood relative
preference; priority; precedence
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
old age; old person; the old; the aged
parental love or affection
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
hostility; animosity; enmity
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
in case of; at that time; at this time
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
regarding highly; attaching importance to
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend