light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use); shroud; burial clothes
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
excessive intake (e.g. coffee); overbooking
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to have an idea; to have a clue
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out