cram school; private tutoring school; juku
boarding; board; meals; catering; cook
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to lose sight of; to miss
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
old Japanese court music; gagaku
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
by means of; due to; because of; according to
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
to bring; to take; to bring about
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
(Edo-period) town magistrate
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
member of shogun's council of elders
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged