study; pursuit of knowledge
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to be completely boiled; to be sufficiently boiled
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
restorer of a dynasty; ancestor who rejuvenated a family
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
this family; our family; this house; we
had better ...; may as well ...
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
to say no more; to sink into silence
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
Shizuoka Prefecture (Chūbu area)
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
construction; building (e.g. a house); communal construction labor (in Zen Buddhism); building with the help of many people (e.g. a temple or shrine)
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
disliking; having an antipathy to
to come face to face (with)
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout