chair; stool; post; office; position
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
neighbourhood; neighborhood
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to concern; to be related
something small; something petty; trifle
many problems; various problems
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
society; public; community; social studies
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
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