head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
long (time that has passed); old (story)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to make an appearance; to show up
such; like that; that sort of; very
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
now; the present time; just now; another; more
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
first warbling heard in a New Year
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)