nape (of the neck); nucha
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
surname; family name; last name
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to happen to meet; to come across
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
ritual implement storehouse
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
festival; feast; carnival
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
small fraction; small proportion
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
preparation; arrangements
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)