thousand years; very long period; forever
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
something; some kind of; for some reason
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop