even so; anyhow; at any rate
store; reserve; stock; savings
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
Takahashi Korekiyo (1854.8.20-1936.2.26)
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
painter; artist; illustrator
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
illegitimate child; bastard; love child
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing; dressing oneself; putting on clothes
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
because of this; thanks to this; due to this
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
school; proofreading; proof
first generation; founder
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much