previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
voyage; passage; travelling
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers
life; living; I; me; student
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
to be needed; to be wanted
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
property; fortune; assets
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
greeting; a fine thing to say
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)