morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special
fifth day of the month; five days
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to talk to oneself; to mutter
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
strong-willed; strong of heart
ancestor; forefather; foremother
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
indeed; really; truly; very much
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
a few years ago; some years back
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
rich; wealthy; affluent; rich (flavour)
high class; esteemed; cherished
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
to explain adequately; to be accountable
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
from the viewpoint of; according to
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
social life; social intercourse
worldly affairs; ways of the world
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless