to begin talking; to open up
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
antiques business; curio dealer; secondhand dealer
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
price; cost; value; worth; merit
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
price; cost; value; worth; value
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
some day; hereafter; at some future time
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
to order; to command; to appoint
to face; to go towards; to head towards
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
art of drawing and painting
heart and soul; one's heart; one's soul
what sort of; what kind of; what way
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
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
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject