only ...; no more than ...; a matter of
wandering; jobless; unemployed
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook
(historical) hereditary stipend
accredited master (of a performing art); being famous; being popular; famous person
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)
lifelike; exact resemblance
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
dullard; indecisive person
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
natural; intrinsic; from birth
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
one's house; one's home; one's family
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
samurai; warrior; military family
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
deep-seated grudge; hatred
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
go on!; right!; here goes!
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin