lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
non-commissioned officer; low-ranking samurai (Edo period)
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
construction; establishment
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman
to freeze to death; to die of cold
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
you; (arch.) your residence
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
to prostrate oneself (before)
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
declaration; statement; assertion
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
accompaniment by a full retinue of attendants (e.g. in a daimyo's procession)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry