peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
story; tale; talk; discussion
your husband; her husband
pleased to make your acquaintance
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
long illness; protracted illness
one's last moments; hour of death
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
security for a loan; collateral
even if ...; even supposing that ...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
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
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to ignore; to disregard; to overlook; to connive at
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside