to continue; to keep up; to keep on
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
ancient soldier's hat; common soldier; rank and file (of a political party)
head; lead; vanguard; first
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
one lump; one body; one group
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
river; stream; River; the ... river
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
stealthily; secretly; in secret
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator