samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
beginning; outset; first; onset
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
patience; endurance; perseverance
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)