care; precaution; guarding; caution
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to pass (of time); to elapse
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
duty; obligation; responsibility
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
proper; right; reasonable
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
casually (come or go); aimlessly; abruptly; detached (from the world); aloof
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
entreaty; supplication; petition
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
living off (a person); sponging off; parasitism
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
at first; initially; in the beginning
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum