to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
several weeks; a few weeks
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
house of a prince of the blood
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate