of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to spit out; to eject; to dump
regular customer; valued client
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
reply (to a letter); response; answer
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
information; news; report; reward; retribution
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
southern part; the south (of a region)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
unloading (a ship); landing
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
gifts given to or received by a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
product; produce; result; fruit
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity