distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
woman; female; feminine gender
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
commissioned officer; military officer
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
while; during; while; although; all; both
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
carving; engraving; sculpture
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
door; gate; opening; title page
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to stop walking; to pause
engraver; carver; sculptor
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique