a little bit; a little while
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to be able to manage somehow or another
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
such; like that; that sort of; very
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back