nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
three generations; three periods; third generation
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to be worried; to be troubled
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
torii; Shinto shrine archway
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
aborted, stillborn or miscarried foetus (fetus); (arch.) newborn baby
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
director of a district (ritsuryo system)
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone