to succeed; to bear fruit
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
commencing with; including
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
nothing but; none other than
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
beyond that point; after that
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
imposingly; heavily; conspicuously; in a dignified manner
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
caller; visitor; company; guest
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
first of all; in the first place
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
main; principal; chief; primary; major
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)