present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to recall; to remember; to recollect
older brother; elder brother
somehow; for some reason or other
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
like a decent person; human
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
young lord; successor of one's current lord
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
sexually transmitted disease; social disease
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
common; in the usual course
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
honor; honour; credit; prestige
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
shoji (paper sliding door)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
optimist; easy-going person