growth period (in children)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
round, wooden container for cooked rice
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
control; management (e.g. of a business)
serious illness; dangerous disease
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
cake served with tea; teacake
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
it's my turn; the ball is in my court; it's up to me
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
spell; curse; incantation
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
block (of wood); chip; splinter