tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
indicate reason; infers some protest
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
as is habit; the way life normally is
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to care for someone; to look after someone
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument