than; from; out of; except; but; more
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
everlasting; eternal; continued; unchanging
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
to say; to tell (somebody); to state
to say; to be called; to do
adds force or indicates command
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
how; in what way; how about
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
other; another; over; more than; I; me
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
difficult to ...; hard to ...
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to pass (of time); to elapse
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
Matsudaira Yoshinaga (1828-1890)