subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
attendant; valet; servant; follower
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
workshop; studio; atelier
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
I see; that's right; indeed
name; given name; first name
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
departure; leaving; setting off
time; hour; period; class
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to rush back; to run back
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
smallish; on the small side
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
two persons; two people; pair; couple