relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
while; during (the time when)
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
(historical) army base; navy base
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
descendant; posterity; offspring
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
touché; you've got me there
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
expression; look; countenance; face
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
out of character; unlike one
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
Japan's best; number one in Japan