receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
wavelike; in waves; undulation
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
leaving everything up to someone else
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
furnishings; implements; equipment
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
(practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
town; city; municipal; urban
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to be indebted; to be under an obligation
largest class; top category
residence; living (at, in); abode
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)