union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to blow off; to be blown off
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
Orfeo (opera by Monteverdi)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
loyal retainer; loyal subject
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
just one person; only one
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
marriage ceremony; wedding
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland