to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
measure to win somebody over to one's side
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
troubled times; turbulent times
ignorant of the ways of the world
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
greeting; a fine thing to say
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
river; stream; River; the ... river
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony