homecoming; return to one's home
to detain; to check; to restrain
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
again and again; repeatedly
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to be nearing death; to be dying
finish; completion; the end
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
to establish a school of; to make a home of one's own
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
to that degree; to that extent; that much
one's house; one's home; one's family
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
parents and siblings; one's relatives
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally