meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
88 years old; (arch.) rice
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
small han; small (feudal) domain
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
solely; entirely; only; sharing; together
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
pillar sunk into the ground
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); seat
fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)
hedge; fence; border; limit
young greens; young herbs
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
large feudal domain; large fiefdom
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
6th day of the month; six days
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
one's real father; natural father; biological father