expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
agricultural land; farmland
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
dice; die; baton (of command)
when it becomes; when it comes to
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to look forward to something
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
grandchild from a daughter married into another family
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
fall; decrease (in income)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
postponement; deferment; adjournment
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room