heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
counter for generations; epoch
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
quarrel; trouble; dispute
but; however; even though; even if
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
-job; stimulating the penis with a body part
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to count on one's fingers
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
all times and places; all ages and countries
storehouse; warehouse; godown
naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
preface; introduction; preamble
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
established (certain) fact
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way