culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
multiplication table; times table
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to give a round of applause; to applaud
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to be needed; to be wanted
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment