infancy; childhood; tender age
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to serve; to build as commanded
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
rendering what little service one can
exemplar; model; example; pattern
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
(one) letter; (one) character
family; relatives; dependents; household
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to head home; to leave for home
three persons; three parties
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to be embarrassed for a reply
in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is
taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
powder snow; powdery snow
return; conclusion; reduction
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
one's way back; one's way home
to continue (going along some trend)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
mysterious thief; phantom thief
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing