together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
personal feelings; self-interest
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to gather; to collect; to assemble
magistrate; shogunate administrator
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
opposite side; other side; other party
Asano Nagamasa (1547-1611)
to become pale; to turn pale
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to prostrate oneself before
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
until now; so far; up to the present
making one's best exertions
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
failure; mistake; blunder
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
those (near the second person)
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to rescue from; to help out of; to save