light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
ill will; malice; evil intent
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
child's mind; child's heart; young mind
to throw away; to abandon
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
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
(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)
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
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
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to thrust away; to send flying
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)