just a minute; small quantity
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
lower government office (ritsuryo system); servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; servant of an urban family; serf
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
Eikyō era (1429.9.5-1441.2.17)
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
ago; since; before; previous
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
(present) head of a family
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion