I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
precocity; early ripening; premature development
viewing stone; decorative stone; scholar's rock
1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
inspection; unrestricted viewing; reading
voluntary; optional; free; elective
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
libertine; playboy; lazy person; hobbyist
to want; to seek; to request
subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to make one's way into; to push one's way into; to force one's way though; to push through
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
kitchen maid; kitchen duties; cooking
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
one's parents' generation
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
close to the wall; alongside the wall
woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt); single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
to chirp loudly (insects, birds, etc.); to sing noisily
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up; to drag towards oneself; to pull nearer
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)