Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
Kyōwa era (1801.2.5-1804.2.11)
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to degenerate; to lapse into
to wed; to be married; to shift blame to someone else
eighth day of the month; eight days
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to order; to command; to appoint
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
teacher; instructor; professor
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
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
fee; charge; rate; material
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
manufacture; preparation; execution (an order)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
every month; each month; monthly
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official