thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
cooperation; collaboration
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)