kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
(another's) child; child; kid
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
machination; secret plan; plot; trick up one's sleeve
sulky look (often with puffed cheeks); sullen look; pout; glower
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
and so; therefore; for that reason
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
low-ranking samurai; common samurai
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
biological child; one's own child
story; tale; talk; discussion
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
preliminary consultation; arrangements
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud