(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
club activities; extracurricular activities
adviser; advisor; consultant
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
indescribable; having no way to express
story; tale; talk; discussion
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
apparent; obvious; very clear
indicate reason; infers some protest
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
difficult to ...; hard to ...
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to finish reading; to read through
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
although I say; although one might say; although called
rear vassal; daimyo's retainer
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
picture drawn on a folding screen