to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
one person; another name; nickname; alias
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
brightness of snow; reflected light of snow; (by) snow light
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
corridor; hallway; passageway
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
Buddha; high-ranked bodhisattva
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
shoji (paper sliding door)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
counter for rules; rule; regulation
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
chief vassal; senior statesman
one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
job; work; duties; trade; skill
last night; yesterday evening
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast