to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
Yoshida Shouin (1830.9.20-1859.11.21)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
technique; art; skill; move
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
form; shape; figure; visage
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
your husband; her husband
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
middle of the night; dead of night
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to thrust away; to send flying
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)