worldly affairs; ways of the world
feeling keenly; fully realizing
be (that) as it may; having said that
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
as usual; as is one's habit
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
support; backing; patronage
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
next (day, morning, etc.); following
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
ordinary; plain; commonplace; usual; normal
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
reputation; public opinion
results; record; grades; marks
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
Meireki era (1655.4.13-1658.7.23)
100,000; hundred thousand
calamity; disaster; misfortune
March; third month of the lunar calendar
new record (in sports, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to leave something as it is