up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
temple elementary school (Edo period)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
priestly teacher; preceptor; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); priest; second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
of long standing; long-pending; long-cherished; for years (past); over a period of years; for a long time
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
such; like that; that sort of
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
difference; discrepancy; variation
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix