to have a talk; to tell a story
honorific/polite/humble prefix
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
neighbourhood; neighborhood
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
two persons; two people; pair; couple
talking while standing; standing around talking
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
end; tip; extremities; terminal
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
rice polishing; polished rice
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
settlement; solution; resolution
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
congratulation; celebration
detached territory; enclave; exclave; scattered landholdings
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)