to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to have confidence in one's own abilities
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
same family (race, tribe)
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
multistoried building; castle; palace; shrine
every evening; night after night
with a collapse; with a slump
to make sense; to be meaningful
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
smartly (esp. dressed); stylishly; prominently
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to mix; to stir; to blend
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period); interpretation; court interpreter
(arch.) to wear on the head; to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder; to be injured
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser