to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; hanger-on; follower; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
medical treatment; medical care
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
holy tree; sacred tree; Christmas tree
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
firm; strong; solid; stable
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
destruction; annihilation; extermination
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
successive generations; hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara
each; (arch.) you (plural)
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
another family; another house
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
shyness; bashfulness; shame
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
careless person; thoughtless person
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages