house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
the n-th generation head of a family
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
wasteful person; spendthrift
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
I see; that's right; indeed
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...