man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to face; to go towards; to head towards
should; must; -able; probably; likely
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
beyond that point; after that
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)