high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
to increase; to add to; to augment
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
family; relatives; dependents; household
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
refinement; elegance; grace
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
(arch.) dancing girl (end of the Heian period); prostitute; tempo in gagaku
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
district; section; sector
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
the other day; some time ago; recently
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
high steward; grand master
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead