to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
duty; function; office; mission; task
speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
application; request; petition
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to entrust; to leave to a person
to have a talk; to tell a story
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
convenient; expedient; makeshift
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard